None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
Participants will be recruited from Metropolitan Melbourne, and the following regional areas of Victoria: Geelong, Bendigo, and Ballarat. This project aims to inform policy development and implementation in regards to novice driver safety, by: 1. Quantifying the effectiveness of the Driving Safety Behaviour Change Program versus Usual Practice in terms of improved outcomes, both primary and secondary (self-reported and police crashes, and reported traffic offences), within 18-months post licensing; and 2. Identifying factors (self-reported road safety behaviours) which predict optimal response to the intervention and quantifying the relationship between these factors and the treatment response.
Interventions
Driver Safety Behaviour Change Program – a driver safety behaviour change program consisting of an online self-assessment of driving risk questionnaire, a group session regarding driving patterns and behaviour (known as group session 1), an on-road coaching session, and a final group session regarding driving patterns and behaviour (known as group session 2). The self-assessment questionnaire takes approximately 20 minutes to complete, both group session 1 and group session 2 take 3 hours, and t
Driver Safety Behaviour Change Program – a driver safety behaviour change program consisting of an online self-assessment of driving risk questionnaire, a group session regarding driving patterns and behaviour (known as group session 1), an on-road coaching session, and a final group session regarding driving patterns and behaviour (known as group session 2). The self-assessment questionnaire takes approximately 20 minutes to complete, both group session 1 and group session 2 take 3 hours, and the on-road coaching session takes 2 hours. The timings between each course session are as follows: the self-assessment questionnaire is completed within 0-14 days of the participant attending group session 1, the on-road coaching session is completed 7 days after group session 1, and group session 2 is completed within 14 days of attending the on-road coaching session. All group sessions and on-road coaching sessions are facilitated by trained instructors who are employed by the Centre for Adult Education (CAE). The CAE are contracted to VicRoads to deliver the training program in Victoria and NSW. The intervention is being undertaken with new drivers in Victoria (randomised control trial (RCT)/Quantitative Trial) and new drivers in New South Wales (NSW) (Process Trial). There are no differences in the intervention between Victoria and New South Wales participants – there are no control participants recruited in New South Wales.
Sponsors
VicRoads
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Prevention
Masking
Blinded (masking used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
17 Years to 22 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
Victorian P-plate drivers aged between 18 and 22 years/NSW P-plate drivers aged between 17 and 21 years at the time of recruitment and in the first four months of licensing. The exclusion criteria are inability to read or write in English, and non-resident of Victoria/NSW for the RCT and process trials respectively. This will be assessed by asking questions at commencement and through the Sign-Up Survey.
Exclusion criteria
Inability to read or write in English, and non-resident of Victoria or NSW. This will be assessed by asking questions at commencement and through the Sign-Up Survey.
Outcome results
None listed