The stratified sample adopted in this survey allows comparisons to be made across State and Territory borders. While to a certain extent jurisdictions follow the national trend, the research continues to show significant differences in opinion between States and Territories on major road safety issues of speed, drink driving and fatigue.
Residents of the Northern Territory are still clearly the most likely to mention drink driving as the one main factor leading to road crashes. However, CAS 14 has also shown an increased awareness in the Northern Territory about the effect of speed.
While approval of a 50 km/h limit in residential areas is again expressed by a majority of people in all States and Territories, it remains highest in Victoria (78%), NSW (74%) and Queensland (73%), with a significant increase evident in the ACT (72%). South Australia continues to be among the locations most inclined to agree that fines for speeding are mainly intended to raise revenue.
New South Wales residents (18%) again show the lowest exposure to Random Breath Testing (RBT) in the six months prior to the survey, with Tasmania (22%) and South Australia (23%) also below the national average of 25% in 2001. Closer to one in three in each of the remaining locations report being tested in the past six months.
Fatigue is again most likely to be suggested as a crash cause and at increased levels in the ACT and in Queensland. A significant increase in mentions of fatigue as one of the main crash causes has also occurred in the Northern Territory and Western Australia in 2001.
Residents in the Northern Territory (47%), consistent with their relatively high awareness of the dangers of drink driving, are now more likely than people elsewhere in Australia (37%) to say they do not drink when driving. This is a marked turnaround from CAS 13 when these people were more likely to say they restrict any alcohol intake rather than abstain. A similar trend is evident in South Australia. Northern Territory licence holders who drink express the greatest desire for a self-operated breath testing device, where 53% are very likely to use one if available compared to a national average of 34%.
The perception that RBT activity has increased over the past 2 years continues to decline across most States and Territories. South Australian residents most readily express the view that RBT activity has increased (45%). A perception of decreasing RBT activity is again evident most often in NSW, the ACT and Tasmania.
Most people across the States and Territories agree that a BAC of .05 would affect their ability as a pedestrian. A noticeable increase in the percentage of Northern Territory residents expressing this view has been noted in CAS 14. Opinion tends to be divided in Western Australia.
Although still below the national average, Northern Territory residents continue to demonstrate an increasing propensity to wear a rear seat restraint, now at a high of 83%.
Residents of the Northern Territory are still clearly the most likely to mention drink driving as the one main factor leading to road crashes. However, CAS 14 has also shown an increased awareness in the Northern Territory about the effect of speed.
While approval of a 50 km/h limit in residential areas is again expressed by a majority of people in all States and Territories, it remains highest in Victoria (78%), NSW (74%) and Queensland (73%), with a significant increase evident in the ACT (72%). South Australia continues to be among the locations most inclined to agree that fines for speeding are mainly intended to raise revenue.
New South Wales residents (18%) again show the lowest exposure to Random Breath Testing (RBT) in the six months prior to the survey, with Tasmania (22%) and South Australia (23%) also below the national average of 25% in 2001. Closer to one in three in each of the remaining locations report being tested in the past six months.
Fatigue is again most likely to be suggested as a crash cause and at increased levels in the ACT and in Queensland. A significant increase in mentions of fatigue as one of the main crash causes has also occurred in the Northern Territory and Western Australia in 2001.
Residents in the Northern Territory (47%), consistent with their relatively high awareness of the dangers of drink driving, are now more likely than people elsewhere in Australia (37%) to say they do not drink when driving. This is a marked turnaround from CAS 13 when these people were more likely to say they restrict any alcohol intake rather than abstain. A similar trend is evident in South Australia. Northern Territory licence holders who drink express the greatest desire for a self-operated breath testing device, where 53% are very likely to use one if available compared to a national average of 34%.
The perception that RBT activity has increased over the past 2 years continues to decline across most States and Territories. South Australian residents most readily express the view that RBT activity has increased (45%). A perception of decreasing RBT activity is again evident most often in NSW, the ACT and Tasmania.
Most people across the States and Territories agree that a BAC of .05 would affect their ability as a pedestrian. A noticeable increase in the percentage of Northern Territory residents expressing this view has been noted in CAS 14. Opinion tends to be divided in Western Australia.
Although still below the national average, Northern Territory residents continue to demonstrate an increasing propensity to wear a rear seat restraint, now at a high of 83%.
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