INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF THE INDIVIDUAL FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO DRIVING BEHAVIOUR AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR WORK-RELATED ROAD SAFETY

The individual differences that are associated with driving behaviour and road traffic accidents were investigated using an international literature review. Age, gender, ethnicity, education, personality, risk perception, social deviance, previous accident involvement, experience, stress, life events, fatigue and physiology were considered. The main results are presented. Suggestions to improve safety include checking the personality profiles of candidates for jobs involving a lot of driving, minimum age limits on driving, training to improve risk perception, training to improve the skills of specific groups, and more effective management of stress by employers. For the covering abstract see ITRD E124157.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Department for Transport, England

  Great Minster House, 76 Marsham Street
  London,   England  SW1P 4DR
• Authors:
  • WARD, R J
  • LANCASTER, R J
• Publication Date: 2003-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 191-204
• Serial:
  • BEHAVIOURAL RESEARCH IN ROAD SAFETY 2003 - THIRTEENTH SEMINAR
  • Publisher: Department for Transport, England

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Attitudes; Conferences; Crash rates; Driver training; Driving; Human factors; Motor skills; Personnel; Psychological tests; Stress (Psychology)
• Uncontrolled Terms: Selection
• ITRD Terms: 1612: Accident rate; 1757: Age; 2267: Attitude (psychol); 8525: Conference; 1571: Driver training; 2257: Human factor; 102: Personnel; 2276: Psychological examination; 9072: Selection; 2205: Skill (road user); 2234: Stress (psychol)
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00987115
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 1-90476-300-6
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Mar 3 2005 12:00AM