EFFECT OF RANDOM BREATH TEST LEGISLATION ON ROAD ACCIDENTS IN VICTORIA

Random breath testing was introduced in Victoria in July 1976. This report examines the effect of this countermeasure on road accidents reported to the police during the first year of the random breath test legislation. It was concluded that during its first six months of operation with relatively low enforcement, the random breath test legislation resulted in small reductions in alcohol-related accidents throughout Victoria. Increased enforcement applied to selected experimental areas in Melbourne for one week at a time resulted in a large reduction in alcohol-related accidents in the outer suburban areas for a period of up to two weeks following the application of the enforcement. (TRRL)

• Corporate Authors:

  Victoria Road Safety and Traffic Authority, Australia

  854 Glenferrie Road
  Hawthorne, Victoria  Australia  3122
• Authors:
  • CAMERON, M H
• Publication Date: 1978-7

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: n.p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcohol breath tests; Crash rates; Drunk driving; Random sampling; Traffic law enforcement
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 1661: Accident prevention; 1612: Accident rate; 1542: Alcohol test; 8006: Australia; 2231: Drunkenness; 1534: Enforcement (law); 2163: Injury; 1556: Legislation; 1522: Police; 1715: Vehicle occupant
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00390332
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Report/Paper Numbers: Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Nov 30 1984 12:00AM