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NEAR survey about attitudes and behaviours of young people in traffic was conducted among the youth in the age group 15 to 24 years, in four countries: Austria, Slovenia, Serbia and Bosnia & Herzegovina. In total over 1500 answers were received and analysed.

Main findings of the survey are as follows:

1. The most widespread risky behaviours include not wearing a helmet during bike or scooter ride, speeding, drug and alcohol abuse and telephone use.
2. There are noticeable differences between individual countries in certain risky behaviour, e.g. seat belt use in a rear seat is a real problem in Bosnia & Herzegovina with only around 12 % of regular users. Also, the survey in Austria showed a much bigger problem in drug and alcohol abuse compared to other participating countries.
3. More than 30 % of the survey participants have reported some kind of experience with the consequences of road crashes, which indicates the need for adequate support also for secondary road crash victims.
4. The young people would like to receive more information on safe mobility, as they have not received extensive or repetitive content on this subject during their formal education.

The partner organisations of NEAR project are using these finding as a base for developing and implementing new prevention and support activities for better road safety and car crash victim support in individual countries.