EFFECTS OF DRIVING EXPERIENCE, PERSONALITY, DRIVER'S SKILL AND SAFETY ORIENTATION ON SPEED REGULATION AND ACCIDENTS

This paper presents a study aiming to build a model of accident liability, in which driving experience, driver's self-assessments, and personality factors are related to speed and driving tempo. 195 Finnish young men completed a questionnaire about driving, including accidents and penalties; 104 of them were selected for a driving test, according to various criteria. An instrumented car was equipped with two video cameras recording the road scene, one pointing straight ahead, the other to the right. A 7.1km test route was driven twice within a longer route, and speed and acceleration were recorded throughout the test route. Driver skill inventory and personality tests were administered. Correlations were calculated between driver skill inventory and personality measures. In the study of socially desirable responding and driving measures, the subjects took a driving test and completed questionnaires as part of a driver selection process. Another study used regression analyses and correlations to model liability to accidents and traffic offences in terms of mileage, maximum speed, acceleration, driving skill, and psychological factors. Drivers' safety and skill orientation were found to predict their speed regulation. Three conclusions of the model study are presented. For the covering abstract, see IRRD 896859.

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• Authors:
  • Lajunen, T
  • SUMMALA, H
• Publication Date: 1997

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 283-94
• Serial:
  • TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT PSYCHOLOGY. THEORY AND APPLICATION
  • Publisher: Elsevier

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Driver experience; Drivers; Driving; Driving tests; Evaluation and assessment; High risk drivers; Knowledge; Mathematical models; Measurement; Motor skills; Personality; Risk taking; Speed; Video cameras
• Geographic Terms: Finland
• ITRD Terms: 2279: Accident proneness; 9001: Behaviour; 6750: Camera; 1772: Driver; 1855: Driving (veh); 1573: Driving test; 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 2225: Experience (human); 8035: Finland; 6473: Mathematical model; 6136: Measurement; 2258: Personality; 2259: Risk taking; 2205: Skill (road user); 5408: Speed
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00752481
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 0-08-042786-3
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Sep 18 1998 12:00AM