Repeat offenders six times more likely to be in serious car accident | smh_andrew
Road safety experts say a driver’s offence history can help predict their likelihood of being in a dangerous accident, prompting calls for preventative action targeting these motorists to avert a fatal or serious crash.
Data from Transport for NSW shows high-risk repeat offenders – about 3 per cent of drivers – were more than five times at risk of a fatal or serious crash than drivers who had not committed traffic offences. Drivers with a history of serious traffic offences are six times more likely to be in a serious accident.“If people believe it is likely they will be caught and receive harsh and swiftly delivered punishment, they are less likely to offend,” she said.
“This study has shown that the odds of [a fatal or serious] crash involvement over a three-year period increased by 11 per cent for each additional traffic infringement notice received in the previous two years and this percentage was 16 per cent for motorcyclists,” she said. Professor Meyer’s research into crash data from Victoria, presented at the Australasian Road Safety Conference, follows previous studies of Queensland drivers which found a link between traffic offending and future crashes.
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