Who’s in control of the fatal five? A systems analysis of Queensland’s road transport system

Paul M Salmon; Gemma J M Read; Nicholas J Stevens

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Who’s in control of the fatal five? A systems analysis of Queensland’s road transport system

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Who’s in control of the fatal five? A systems analysis of Queensland’s road transport system

Paul M Salmon, Gemma J M Read and Nicholas J Stevens

Proceedings of the 2015 Australasian Road Safety Conference, pp.1-10

Australasian Road Safety Conference (ARSC), 2015 (Gold Coast, Australia, 14-Oct-2015–16-Oct-2015)

Australasian College of Road Safety

2015

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Transportation and Freight Services

road transport systems

fatal five behaviours

driver behaviour

STAMP systems analysis methodology

crash analysis systems

road safety interventions

Despite significant progress, road transport systems continue to kill people on a scale that is comparable to cancers, cardiovascular disease, and respiratory diseases. In Queensland (Qld), Australia, there is currently a targeted focus on reducing the 'fatal five' behaviours underpinning road trauma. Although progress is being made, researchers have argued that a new systems thinking approach is required in order to create more significant safety gains. This paper describes a study that used the STAMP systems analysis methodology to develop a control structure model of the road transport system in Qld. The control structure model depicts the actors/organisations within the Qld road transport system (e.g. road users, road designers, vehicle manufacturers, road safety authorities, research groups, government agencies, advocacy groups) along with the control relationships that exist between them. The analysis depicts a shared responsibility for the fatal five behaviours, and shows that, compared to other safety critical domains, there are less formal control structures and that opportunities exist to add new controls and strengthen existing ones. Further, current crash analysis systems are brought into question by the model. In closing the practical implications for road safety interventions are discussed.

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Title: Who’s in control of the fatal five? A systems analysis of Queensland’s road transport system
Authors: Paul M Salmon (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts and Business
Gemma J M Read (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts and Business
Nicholas J Stevens (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts and Business
Publication details: Proceedings of the 2015 Australasian Road Safety Conference, pp.1-10
Conference details: Australasian Road Safety Conference (ARSC), 2015 (Gold Coast, Australia, 14-Oct-2015–16-Oct-2015)
Publisher: Australasian College of Road Safety
Date published: 2015
Copyright note: Copyright © 2015 The Author. Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. This paper can be found in the online database of papers for this conference at http://acrs.org.au/publications/conference-papers/database/.
Organisation Unit: Bioclimatic and Sociotechnical Cities Lab; Centre for Human Factors and Systems Science; School of Social Sciences - Legacy; School of Health - Psychology; School of Law and Society
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99451146002621
Output Type: Conference paper

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