FULL TIME/PART TIME PSV DRIVER ACCIDENT STUDY. COMPLETE REPORT

A seven month national survey of accidents involving public service vehicles was made between June and December 1977 to determine possible differences in the accident rates between full-time and part-time public service vehicle drivers. It was found that for all companies, full-time bus drivers had over three times as many accidents per 1000 driving hours as part-time drivers. This difference was only found with the national bus company/public transport executive (nbc/pe) companies. In all private companies surveyed, there was no difference between full-time and part-time drivers' accident rates. The accident rate for drivers in private companies was about one quarter that of nbc/pte companies. Possible reasons for these differences are discussed.

• Corporate Authors:

  Department for Transport, England

  Great Minster House, 76 Marsham Street
  London,   England  SW1P 4DR
• Authors:
  • Hunt, T J
• Publication Date: 1977

Media Info

• Features: Tables;
• Pagination: 70 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Bus drivers; Buses; Crash rates; Crashes; Drivers; High risk drivers; Part time employees; Questionnaires; Safety
• Uncontrolled Terms: Causes
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 1612: Accident rate; 1272: Bus; 9003: Cause; 1772: Driver; 9147: Interview; 8119: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Highways; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00378676
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Report/Paper Numbers: Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 30 1983 12:00AM