Relationships of Working Conditions, Health Problems and Vehicle Accidents in Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Drivers
This article reports on a cross-sectional study undertaken to estimate the crash risk rates and mental health of bus rapid transit (BRT) drivers. The authors fielded a self-report questionnaire to BRT drivers (n = 524) in Bogota, Columbia. They found that some working conditions of BRT drivers, such as lack of social support from supervisors and perceived potential for risk, may indeed partially explain Bogota’s BRT driver involvement in traffic crashes. Drivers' mental health problems were associated with higher job strain, less support from co-workers, fewer rewards and greater signal conflict while driving. The authors conclude with a discussion of related strategies that may improve bus driver mental health and thus help prevent bus crashes, such as reducing demands on the drivers, increasing job control, reducing amount of incoming information, simplifying current traffic signals, making traffic signals less contradictory, and revising rewards.
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Authors:
- Gomez-Ortiz, Viviola
- Cendales, Boris
- Useche, Sergio
- Bocarejo, Juan P
- Publication Date: 2018-4
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Print
- Features: References; Tables;
- Pagination: pp 336-343
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Serial:
- American Journal of Industrial Medicine
- Volume: 61
- Issue Number: 4
- Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
- ISSN: 0271-3586
- EISSN: 1097-0274
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Bus drivers; Bus rapid transit; Human factors in crashes; Mental condition; Occupational safety; Risk assessment; Stress (Psychology)
- Geographic Terms: Bogota (Colombia)
- Subject Areas: Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01723058
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Nov 20 2019 9:42AM