Young driver safety: a review of behaviour change techniques for future interventions
Road collisions are a leading cause of death amongst young people and the number of young drivers killed and seriously injured on the nation’s roads remains stubbornly high, despite decades of public intervention programmes. This report by Dr Mark Sullman of Cranfield University, finds that the vast majority of today’s road safety interventions, for young drivers and other age groups, are based on ideas of what might work rather than on the available theory or research evidence. Few interventions are adequately evaluated and of those that are, the vast majority have not led to demonstrably improved road safety amongst attendees. Given the limited resources available for road safety interventions, it is vital that the initiatives adopted reduce loss of life and prevent serious injuries to the greatest possible extent. The review provides some vitally important pointers for practitioners working in road safety exploring what lessons can be learned from other sectors. In particular, it shows what can be learnt from the effectiveness and use of Behaviour Change Techniques in other areas of public health and which techniques have improved intervention success.
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Corporate Authors:
RAC Foundation
London, United Kingdom -
Authors:
- Sullman, M
- Publication Date: 2017-3
Language
- English
Media Info
- Pagination: 79p
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Behavior; Driver education; Drivers; Evaluation; Traffic safety; Young adults
- Uncontrolled Terms: Safe systems (road users)
- Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
- ATRI Terms: Crash countermeasure; Driver behaviour; Driver education; Evaluation; Young driver
- Subject Areas: Education and Training; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01632525
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: ARRB
- Files: ATRI
- Created Date: Apr 24 2017 10:21AM