The Driver Behaviour Questionnaire: A North American Analysis

The Driver Behaviour Questionnaire (DBQ), originally developed in Britain by Reason et al. [Reason, J., Manstead, A., Stradling, S., Baxter, J., & Campbell, K. (1990). Errors and violations on the road: A real distinction? Ergonomics, 33, 1315–1332] is one of the most widely used instruments for measuring driver behaviors linked to collision risk. The goals of the study were to adapt the DBQ for a North American driving population, assess the component structure of the items, and to determine whether scores on the DBQ could predict self-reported traffic collisions. Of the original Reason et al. items, this study’s data indicate a two-component solution involving errors and violations. Evidence for a lapses component was not found. The 20 items most closely resembling those of Parker et al. [Parker, D., Reason, J. T., Manstead, A. S. R., & Stradling, S. G. (1995). Driving errors, driving violations and accident involvement. Ergonomics, 38, 1036–1048] yielded a solution with 3 orthogonal components that reflect errors, lapses, and violations. Although violations and lapses were positively and significantly correlated with self-reported collision involvement, the classification accuracy of the resulting models was quite poor. A North American DBQ has the same component structure as reported previously, but has limited ability to predict self-reported collisions.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsr.2014.05.002
• Record URL:
  • http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022437514000607
• Availability:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Cordazzo, Sheila T D
  • Scialfa, Charles T
  • Bubric, Katherine
  • Ross, Rachel Jones
• Publication Date: 2014-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 99-107
• Serial:
  • Journal of Safety Research
  • Volume: 50
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0022-4375
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00224375

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Attention; Attention lapses; Behavior; Crash causes; Crashes; Distraction; Driver performance; Drivers; Moving violations; Risk assessment
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01539353
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 26 2014 2:43PM