title: The driver, the road, the rules … and the rest? A systems-based approach to young driver road safety.
abstract: The persistent overrepresentation of young drivers in road crashes is universally recognised. A multitude of factors influencing their behaviour and safety have been identified through methods including crash analyses, simulated and naturalistic driving studies, and self-report measures. Across the globe numerous, diverse, countermeasures have been implemented; the design of the vast majority of these has been informed by a driver-centric approach. An alternative approach gaining popularity in transport safety is the systems approach which considers not only the characteristics of the individual, but also the decisions and actions of other actors within the road transport system, along with the interactions amongst them. This paper argues that for substantial improvements to be made in young driver road safety, what has been learnt from driver-centric research needs to be integrated into a systems approach, thus providing a holistic appraisal of the young driver road safety problem. Only then will more effective opportunities and avenues for intervention be realised.
authors.affiliation: University of the Sunshine Coast Accident Research (USCAR), Faculty of Arts and Business, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs 4556, QLD, Australia. Electronic address: bscottpa@usc.edu.au.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Scott-Parker
authors.affiliation: University of the Sunshine Coast Accident Research (USCAR), Faculty of Arts and Business, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs 4556, QLD, Australia.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Goode
authors.affiliation: University of the Sunshine Coast Accident Research (USCAR), Faculty of Arts and Business, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs 4556, QLD, Australia.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Salmon
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D001334:Automobile Driving / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D012449:Safety; D057566:Self Report; D011049:Social Control Policies; D013597:Systems Analysis; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: AcciMap; Intervention; Road safety; Systems approach; Young driver