SOCIAL ATTITUDES TO ROAD TRAFFIC RISK IN EUROPE: GOALS, METHODOLOGY AND FIRST RESULTS FROM FRANCE

This presentation aims at giving an overview of a sociological survey on attitudes of drivers face to risk and road safety in Europe. SARTRE: "Social Attitudes to Road Traffic Risk in Europe" is carried out in almost all the European countries and involves most of the Institutes of traffic safety research. This survey intends to bring new informations about the state of the public opinion in each country concerning traffic safety before the european opening. It also looks at measuring the level of adhesion of refusal to safety regulations and to define some sociocultural factors which control safe or risky behaviours. SARTRE is performed in each country, with a standard questionnaire, on a representative sample of drivers. In this presentation, a description of the questionnaire and the methodological bases of the survey; the main hypothesis and the theoretical background will be explained. The first results coming from the French study will be mentioned. For the covering abstract of the conference see IRRD 866319. (A)

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• Corporate Authors:

  Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)

  Linköping,   Sweden  SE-581 95

  VAEG- OCH TRANSPORTFORSKNINGSINSTUTET

  LINKOEPING,   Sweden  S-581 95
• Authors:
  • BARJONET, P-E
  • CAUZARD, J-P
• Publication Date: 1992

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 71-86
• Serial:
  • VTI Rapport
  • Issue Number: 380A PT1
  • Publisher: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
  • ISSN: 0347-6030

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Attitudes; Behavior; Conferences; Drivers; Hazards; Human factors; Methodology; Questionnaires; Risk assessment; Safety; Sociology; Traffic surveys
• Geographic Terms: Europe
• ITRD Terms: 2267: Attitude (psychol); 9001: Behaviour; 8525: Conference; 1772: Driver; 8034: Europe; 2257: Human factor; 9147: Interview; 9102: Method; 9150: Risk; 1665: Safety; 2253: Sociology; 676: Traffic survey
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00668487
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Nov 16 1994 12:00AM