Drink-walking: An examination of the related behaviour and
attitudes of young people in Queensland O'Connor, Erin L., Tay,
Richard S., Watson, Barry C., Edmonston, Colin J., & Lang,
Cathryne P. (2004) Drink-walking: An examination of the related
behaviour and attitudes of young people in Queensland. In The
NSW Local Government Road Safety Conference, September 2004.
This is the latest version of this eprint. While huge inroads
have been made into the drink driving problem in Queensland over
the last decade, the prevalence of alcohol-related pedestrian
crashes has been steadily increasing. Young people (17-29 years)
are over-represented in this type of pedestrian crash. A study
of 534 people, including 328 participants aged 17-24 years old,
was conducted to examine the issue of drink-walking as part of a
larger program of research examining youth and risk-taking
behaviour. The study involved breath testing and surveying
patrons as they left selected licensed premises. Survey items
addressed past experiences of