Current Research

CASR is currently involved in many important research projects. Details of selected projects are given below:

Performance indicators of enforced driver behaviours

CASR is commissioned by DTEI to produce an annual report quantifying performance indicators for selected enforced behaviours (drink driving, drug driving, speeding and restraint use) in South Australia. These annual reports are used to inform policy and develop strategies. The drink driving section includes data concerning the number of random breath tests conducted, the percentage of licensed drivers tested, the number of drink drivers detected, the number of drink drivers detected using random breath testing, blood alcohol levels of seriously and fatally injured drivers and riders, roadside drink driving surveys, and expenditure on anti-drink driving publicity. The most recent report has a section on drug driving that includes data on the number of random drug tests, number of positive drug detections, number of fatally injured drivers positive for drugs and expenditure on anti-drug driving publicity. The speeding section provides data concerning the number of hours of speed detection, the number of drivers detected speeding, speeding detection rates, the extent of excessive speed as the apparent error in serious and fatal crashes, on-road speed surveys, and expenditure on anti-speeding publicity. The restraint use section provides data concerning levels of restraint use enforcement, restraint non-use offences, restraint use by vehicle occupants in serious and fatal crashes, on-road observational restraint use surveys, and expenditure on restraint use publicity. For some categories of information, comparisons are made with interstate jurisdictions.

For more information please contact
Lisa Wundersitz
lisa@casr.adelaide.edu.au