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Table 4 Description of included systematic reviews: Public Awareness

From: Effects of interventions for preventing road traffic crashes: an overview of systematic reviews

Review first author, date of publication

Date of search to identify studies for this review

Interventions

Participants

Number of included studies (types of studies)

Geographic area

Studied Outcomes

Duperrex O, Roberts I, Bunn F 2002 [42]

1999, and updated in May 2003.

Pedestrian safety education and media awareness campaigns

Pedestrians of all ages

15 (Randomized Controlled Trials)

HIC (United Kingdom, England, Australia, Germany, USA, Japan, Canada, Scotland)

• Pedestrian-motor vehicle collisions.

. Behaviour, attitude and knowledge of pedestrians.

Elder 2004 [44]

December 2002

Mass media campaigns

Drivers

8 (Interrupted time series, before and after)

HIC (USA, New Zealand, Australia)

Reduced alcohol impaired driving and alcohol-related crashes

Elder 2005 [43]

Not stated

School based instructional programs, peer organizations, and social norming campaigns.

Drivers

13 (before and after, group randomized controlled trials, non-randomized trial, interrupted time series)

HIC (Australia, USA, New Zealand)

Reduced drinking and driving and riding with drinking drivers

Phillips 2011 [45]

2008

TV, radio and newspaper adverts, roadside messages,

Drivers

67 (controlled before and after, interrupted time series

HIC (USA, Australia, Denmark, Norway)

Reduced alcohol related crashes

Yadav 2015 [46]

31 December 2013

media campaigns with or without concomitant enforcement activities

Drivers

19 (controlled interrupted time series, uncontrolled interrupted time series, controlled before-after studies)

HIC (USA, Australia, New Zealand)

alcohol-related fatal crashes