The research shows significant differences in opinion between some States and Territories on major road safety issues such as speed, drink driving and fatigue.
People from the Northern Territory, for example, nominate speed less often than people from all the other States as the main factor in road crashes. They also mention drink driving more often than other States and Territories as the single most likely cause of road crashes.
On average, 10% of Australians report that they mostly drive 10 km/h or more above the speed limit. This number rises to 15% in the ACT. The research shows that breaking the speed limit is reported least often in Tasmania (3%).
The ACT also provides one of the highest perceptions that speed cameras and radar spots are easy to pick, along with Western Australia. CAS 13 shows 42% of the people surveyed in Western Australia and 33% in Victoria stating that they often receive advance warning about the location of speed cameras and radar spots, against a national average of 24%. Queensland (15%) and NSW (20%) are well below the national average on this measure.
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 Queensland (73%), followed by NSW (70%) and Victoria (70%).
NSW and ACT residents report the lowest incidence of being breath tested in the last six months (one in five), compared with one third in each of the remaining locations.
After speed and drink driving, fatigue is consistently mentioned as the third most common cause of crashes. Fatigue is mentioned as a crash cause at higher levels than the national average in the ACT, Queensland and NSW. Significant falls in overall mention of fatigue have occurred, however, in the Northern Territory, South Australia and Tasmania.
Spontaneous reference to lack of concentration (the fourth most often nominated crash cause) tends to be most pronounced in South Australia, where 24% say it is the one main factor.
While there has been a national increase in the stated likelihood of wearing a rear seat belt, up from 85% last year to 89% in CAS 13, the Northern Territory (77%) is still below the national average (note that the reported rate has increased from 65% (CAS 12)).
People from the Northern Territory, for example, nominate speed less often than people from all the other States as the main factor in road crashes. They also mention drink driving more often than other States and Territories as the single most likely cause of road crashes.
On average, 10% of Australians report that they mostly drive 10 km/h or more above the speed limit. This number rises to 15% in the ACT. The research shows that breaking the speed limit is reported least often in Tasmania (3%).
The ACT also provides one of the highest perceptions that speed cameras and radar spots are easy to pick, along with Western Australia. CAS 13 shows 42% of the people surveyed in Western Australia and 33% in Victoria stating that they often receive advance warning about the location of speed cameras and radar spots, against a national average of 24%. Queensland (15%) and NSW (20%) are well below the national average on this measure.
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 Queensland (73%), followed by NSW (70%) and Victoria (70%).
NSW and ACT residents report the lowest incidence of being breath tested in the last six months (one in five), compared with one third in each of the remaining locations.
After speed and drink driving, fatigue is consistently mentioned as the third most common cause of crashes. Fatigue is mentioned as a crash cause at higher levels than the national average in the ACT, Queensland and NSW. Significant falls in overall mention of fatigue have occurred, however, in the Northern Territory, South Australia and Tasmania.
Spontaneous reference to lack of concentration (the fourth most often nominated crash cause) tends to be most pronounced in South Australia, where 24% say it is the one main factor.
While there has been a national increase in the stated likelihood of wearing a rear seat belt, up from 85% last year to 89% in CAS 13, the Northern Territory (77%) is still below the national average (note that the reported rate has increased from 65% (CAS 12)).
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