Adolescents' perspective of transport related risk-taking and injury: definitions, consequences, and risk and protective factors

Injury is the leading cause of death for adolescents in Australia. This is of particularly great concern as the leading cause of these injuries (those that are transport related) could be largely preventable by reducing risk-taking behaviour. In order to reduce such behaviour, effective road safety interventions should seek the input of the target participants. A series of focus groups were conducted with 30 high-risk adolescents, to seek information on their understanding of transport related risk-taking and injury. Primarily risk-taking involved car use, motorbike use, bicycle use, pedestrian behaviour and skateboarding. Further alcohol and drug use in the context of such behaviours were frequently reported. Most injuries were minor (for example, cuts and bruises) however participants identified more serious injury consequences (for example, head injuries and miscarriage). It was also found that the risk-taking was done in the context of peers, who exert a direct and indirect pressure to conform. Multiple risk and protective factors were also identified related to the individual and their environment. The results will be further discussed in terms of the value of seeking target participants' perspective of road safety issues and how this information will be used to design a prevention program

• Record URL:
  • http://acrs.org.au/publications/conference-papers/database/
• Availability:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Printed volume (S 656.08 ROA (2005)) contains peer-reviewed papers. CD-ROM (CD 401) contains submitted papers
• Authors:
  • Buckley, L
• Conference:
  • Australasian Road Safety Research Policing Education Conference, 2005, Wellington, New Zealand
• Publication Date: 2005

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 10p
• Monograph Title: Australasian Road Safety Research Policing Education Conference 2005, Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, New Zealand, 14-16 November 2005: peer-reviewed papers: submitted papers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Adolescents; Alcohol use; Attitudes; Drugged drivers; Fatalities; Injuries; Risk taking; Travel behavior
• ATRI Terms: Adolescent; Alcohol usage; Attitude; Drug driving; Fatality; Injury; Risk taking; Road user behaviour
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01387870
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• ISBN: 0473106361 [print co
• Files: ATRI
• Created Date: Aug 23 2012 12:26AM