THE EFFECTIVENESS OF DRINK/DRIVE AND SPEED COUNTERMEASURES IN VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA

The State of Victoria, Australia has significantly reduced the overall road toll and the contribution of drinking drivers by a combination of counter-measures. In the three years to June 1992 road deaths were reduced by an average 53%. Over twenty years this is a reduction from 80 deaths to 17 per 100,000 registered vehicles, or from 31 to 13 per 100,000 population, giving Victoria the lowest death rate per vehicle in the developed world. Random Breath Testing is widespread and results in 1.2 million tests per year. Introduction of automated speed detection equipment has led to a reduction of average road speeds. For the covering abstract, see IRRD 866577.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Verlag TUeV Rheinland

  Institut fuer Unfallforshung-Bericht
  Cologne,   Germany 
• Authors:
  • Ogden, EJD
  • BODINNAR, J
  • LANE, M
  • MOLONEY, M
• Conference:
  • International Conference on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety-T92, Proceedings of the 12th Conference.
  • Location: Cologne, Germany
  • Date: 1992-9-28 to 1992-10-2
• Publication Date: 1993

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 1204-9
• Monograph Title: ALCOHOL, DRUGS AND TRAFFIC SAFETY-T92. CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcohol breath tests; Alcohols; Automatic control; Automation; Conferences; Crash rates; Drivers; Fatalities; Intoxication; Measurement; Measuring instruments; Policy; Prevention; Safety; Speed; Statistical sampling
• Uncontrolled Terms: Decreases
• Geographic Terms: Australia
• ITRD Terms: 1661: Accident prevention; 1612: Accident rate; 7347: Alcohol; 1542: Alcohol test; 6155: Apparatus (measuring); 8006: Australia; 3882: Automatic; 8525: Conference; 9009: Decrease; 1772: Driver; 2231: Drunkenness; 1602: Fatality; 6136: Measurement; 173: Policy; 6553: Sample (stat); 5408: Speed
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Policy; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00729760
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 3824901315
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Dec 26 1996 12:00AM