Risk Perceptions, Fatalism and Driver Behaviors in Turkey and Iran

The present study examined traffic and non-traffic risk perception, fatalism and driver behaviors in Turkey and Iran. A questionnaire survey was carried out in a Turkish (N = 213) and Iranian sample (N = 254). A MANCOVA was conducted to compare the two countries in relation to the measured safety constructs. Results showed that Turkish respondents perceived greater risk both in traffic and non-traffic domains, such as environmental hazards. The Turkish respondents also reported safer driver behaviors and less fatalistic attitudes than Iranian respondents. In both samples traffic risk perception was correlated with non-traffic risk perception. Perceived risk was only associated with precautionary driver behaviors, such as seat belt use and speed reductions, in Turkey. However, it was not associated with any driver behaviors in Iran. Practical implications of the results for traffic safety interventions in both countries are discussed.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2013.05.014
• Record URL:
  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S092575351300129X
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Şimşekoğlu, Özlem
  • Nordfjærn, Trond
  • Zavareh, Mohsen Fallah
  • Hezaveh, Amin Mohamadi
  • 0000-0003-2480-1956
  • Mamdoohi, Amir Reza
  • Rundmo, Torbjørn
• Publication Date: 2013-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 187-192
• Serial:
  • Safety Science
  • Volume: 59
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0925-7535
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09257535

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Attitudes; Automobile drivers; Behavior; Highway safety; Perception; Prevention; Risk assessment; Safety factors; Seat belt use; Speeding
• Geographic Terms: Iran; Turkey
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01492862
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 13 2013 7:50AM