Predictors of Crash Among Iranian Drivers; An Exploratory Analysis of Developed Driver Behavior Questionnaire
More than 16500 people lose their lives each year due to traffic accidents in Iran, which reflects one of the highest road traffic fatality rates in the world. The present study aims to investigate the dimensional structure of an extended Driver Behavior Questionnaire (DBQ) in Iran and examine gender differences in the dimensions. An additional aim is to test whether DBQ dimensions and demographics are associated with accident involvement. Based on Iranian driving behavior, a modified (36 items) Internet-based version of the DBQ was distributed among Iranians through social networks and email services. Results of Principal Component Analysis based on a sample of 634 Iranians from fifty different cities in Iran identified a five-dimension solution named `speeding and pushing violations`, `lapses and errors`, `violations causing inattention`, `aggressive violations` and `rule violations` which account for 41.4 percent of the total variance. Results also showed that females were more prone to lapses and errors (F=1.825 (633), p<.003), while males reported more violations than females (F=24.25 (633), p<.000). Logistic regression analysis identified `violations causing inattention`(P-value< 0.000) and `speeding and pushing violations`(P-value< 0.000) along with high education (P-value< 0.000) as predictors of self-report accident involvement in a three-year period among Iranian drivers. Results are discussed in line with road traffic safety countermeasures suitable for an Iranian context.
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Supplemental Notes:
- This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ANB20 Standing Committee on Safety Data, Analysis and Evaluation.
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Authors:
- Hezaveh, Amin Mohamadi
- Nordfjærn, Trond
- Mamdoohi, Amir Reza
- Nordfjærn, Ozlem S
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Conference:
- Transportation Research Board 96th Annual Meeting
- Location: Washington DC, United States
- Date: 2017-1-8 to 2017-1-12
- Date: 2017
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: References; Tables;
- Pagination: 13p
- Monograph Title: TRB 96th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Behavior; Crash causes; Demographics; Driver performance; Fatalities; Human factors in crashes
- Geographic Terms: Iran
- Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01625677
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: 17-04061
- Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
- Created Date: Feb 9 2017 11:11AM