The research found that explanatory structural time series modelling of the relationship between selected socio-economic factors and the level of road trauma in Western Australia identified unemployment rate as having a significant association with each of the levels of road trauma.
Road safety benefit:
This research is beneficial to Government to the extent that this research supports high level future planning by the Commission. Road safety target setting in strategies must be mindful that changes in economic circumstances can affect the likelihood of reaching set targets.
