ROAD RISK PRODUCTION: A SOCIAL ANALYSIS THROUGH MOBILITY, ATTITUDE, REPORTED BEHAVIOUR AND ACCIDENT DATA

It is highly desirable to improve our understanding of the attitudes and behaviours which lead to offending and accidents in order to be able to appraise and adapt preventive strategies. In order to assist this process, the authors have examined the links between the factors which produce road risk, through three separate sources of information relating to mobility (household car survey), to attitudes and behaviours (social attitudes survey) and to accidents (the 1/50th sample of accident reports). The method used is based on the empirical creation of homogeneous groups (cells) on the basis of socio-demographic criteria. These cells are distinct from each other as regards the three areas; they also each provide a coherent outline of the links between types of mobility, of attitudes and of accidents. It is possible to identify sets of cells on the basis of the average level of accident involvement. Analysis has demonstrated that beyond the factors which are traditionally associated with risk (young persons, high mobility, failure to comply with regulations) multivariate structures are involved in generating risk within each cell. Dominant amongst these are factors which are linked to daily mobility constraints, which essentially involve cells of working women, or factors which are more related to social attitudes and risk taking, which essentially involve cells of working men. Comparing these structures in the case of cells with similar risk ratings has allowed the authors to identify different types of risk and accidents. It also suggests a number of applications in the context of prevention.

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  International Association of Traffic and Safety Sciences

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• Authors:
  • Biecheler, M B
  • CAUZARD, J-P
• Publication Date: 1996

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 53-59
• Serial:
  • IATSS Research
  • Volume: 20
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: International Association of Traffic and Safety Sciences
  • ISSN: 0386-1112

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Attitudes; Behavior; Crash data; Gender; Labor; Mobility; Risk assessment; Risk taking; Roads; Social factors
• Uncontrolled Terms: Work
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00743804
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-042 339
• Files: HSL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Dec 12 1997 12:00AM