Evaluation of the Crash Course March 2009 - De Montfort University

For self-reported behaviour on having:
• Gone with a driver who'd used drugs recently: (top 10% most deprived more
often)
• Not worn a seat belt in the back seat: (top 10% more often)
• Watched the driver use a mobile: (top 10% more often)
• Been driven by someone who had no licence: (top 10% more often)
• Driven with a driver who had been drinking: (SOAs in top 20% less often)
On the knowledge of how to stay safe:
• The maximum positive score for three things as a passenger to keep safe:
(SOAs in top 20% scored lower)
On the attitude questions:
• Driving at 28 miles an hour in a 30 mile an hour area: (both top 10% and
below top 30% perceived this as more “OK”)
• Driving at 45 miles an hour in a 30 mile an hour area: (a mix of top 10% and
top 20% saw this as more “OK”)
• How would you feel being driven in a car going 98 on a motorway?: (a mix of
top 10% and top 20% felt they would be more “scared/anxious”)
• How would you feel being driven home by a friend who has had a bit too
much to drink?: (young people in wards outside the top 30% most deprived
reported feeling least “scared/anxious”)
Broadly this shows that young people attending education or training in the most
deprived areas were more inclined towards risky behaviours but also that those least
deprived had at least ambivalent attitudes towards speeding, and drinking and
driving.
4.7 Young people’s opinions about the Crash Course
For those young people who completed questionnaires after they had seen the
presentation, there was a set of options on reactions to the course. They were asked
to tick all the options that applied to their own responses. Figure 4.4 below shows the
range of responses. The numbers expressing resistance (“I didn’t really believe
them” or “Waste of time.”) are extremely small: 15 and 14 respectively. The number
finding the presentation “too scary” was also small at 34. The vast majority found the
session thought provoking, helpful and informative about how they could stay safer.
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