Road safety and young people

PDH ASSESSMENT
Article 1
http://hsc.csu.edu.au/pdhpe/options/young/4019/1-2-4/hoyp1_2_4.htm
This article states that the casualty rate for men is higher than women and the road death
rate is ages 1-44 years olds in a motor accidents. Risk factors can be linked to the
environmental factors, biological factors and socioeconomic factors. There has been a
reduction of 25% in road causalities between the 1999 and 2008.

Article 2

http://www.aaa.asn.au/storage/Road%20Safety%20and%20Young
%20Australians.pdf
One young person dies on the road each day: about young people dying
Young people (especially males) are over represented: About males getting killed on the road
Young people as passengers, young are more likely to die or get injured because they travel
with younger drivers: about young people getting injured or killed as passenger
On your bike and motor bike: there are lots of risks with young people on their motor bike/
bike: About risk on a bike/ motorbike

Article 3
http://theconversation.com/a-new-approach-to-cut-death-toll-of-young-people-in-roadaccidents-25372
This website tells you about the risks when, where, why, how young people drive, the
different approaches to driving on the road and who is responsible on the road and it says
that it is not just the young divers fault when some on dies but it is a shared responsibility
and there is more males dying than female.
Similarities and differences

In all three there are a lot of road accidents resulting in casualties for young people.
In all three there are more accidents from males than from females.
Only one of articles tells about the reduction of deaths according to the Australian
Bureau of Statistics.

Agreement and disagreement as well as Similarities and differences

There a lot of similarities in each of the articles. They tell you about males casualties
rating is higher than females. In all three is there it tell you about road accidence and
injuries. All articles states that there are so many risks on the road. All share the same
statistics on the casualty rate.

There are a number of differences between the articles. In article 1, the Australian
bureau statistics shows the reduction to casualties on the road. In article 2 is the only
one that states the risk of motor bikes on the road. Dr Scott Parker (2014) discusses
the responsibility on the road and the systems theory proposing a new approach to
road safety.

Article 1 This

tells you about the risks when, where, why, how young people drive, the different
approaches to driving on the road and who is responsible on the road and it says that it is not just the
young divers fault when some on dies but it is a shared responsibility and there is more males dying than
female. Dr Bridie Scott-Parker is considered an emerging expert in the domain of young novice

driver road safety. And the role of sensation seeking, reward and punishment sensitivity, anxiety
and depression in the risky behaviour of young novice drivers. Dr Scott-Parker is interested in a
safe systems approach to young driver road safety, intervention development and evaluation,
with a particular focus upon the development of the driver from the pre-licence period.