Road safety issues in remote Aboriginal communities in Western Australia

A series of interviews with the chairpersons of Aboriginal communities in a remote area of Western Australia were conducted to examine their attitudes to road safety problems. It was found that some road safety issues that were expected to be considered problems were not necessarily seen to be so by...

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Published inAccident analysis and prevention Vol. 32; no. 6; pp. 845 - 848
Main Authors Cercarelli, L.Rina, Ryan, G.Anthony, Knuiman, Matthew W, Donovan, Robert J
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Elsevier Ltd 01.11.2000
Subjects
Aborigine
Accident
Accidents, Traffic - prevention & control
Australia, Western Australia
Data collection
Female
Humans
Injury
Male
Oceanic Ancestry Group
Remote
Road Safety
Safety
traffic safety
Western Australia
Western Australia
Data collection
Aborigine
Remote
Accident
Injury
Road Safety
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Summary:A series of interviews with the chairpersons of Aboriginal communities in a remote area of Western Australia were conducted to examine their attitudes to road safety problems. It was found that some road safety issues that were expected to be considered problems were not necessarily seen to be so by those interviewed. This finding suggests that the first stage of a road safety intervention program for Aboriginal people may need to include an awareness raising component. It also suggests that there is a need for more detailed research defining particular problems more accurately before effective and culturally appropriate countermeasures are developed.
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ISSN:0001-4575
1879-2057
DOI:10.1016/S0001-4575(00)00004-X