Detecting the High Risk Driver: The Development of a Risk Questionnaire

Selzer, Melvin L.; Vinokur, A.

doi:10.21949/1524903

i

Detecting the High Risk Driver: The Development of a Risk Questionnaire

1974-01-01
By Selzer, Melvin L. ; Vinokur, A.

File Language:

English

Details

Creators:

Selzer, Melvin L. ; Vinokur, A.
Corporate Creators:

University of Michigan. Highway Safety Research Institute
Corporate Contributors:

United States. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Subject/TRT Terms:
Publication/ Report Number:

DOT-HS-801-099 ; NTIS-PB231367
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21949/1524903
Resource Type:

Research Paper
Geographical Coverage:

United States
Edition:

Final report
Corporate Publisher:

United States. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Abstract:

This report describes the development of a driver risk questionnaire that is intended to be used for the identification of accident-prone drivers from problem drivers in general and from alcoholic drivers in particular. A self-administered questionnaire which assesses drivers' demographic and personality characteristics, life events, general psychological stress, traffic exposure, and drinking was used in two phases of investigation; 532 drivers and 1059 drivers respectively participated in the two phases. The results, based on analysis of the retrospective data of the accidents which were reported by the drivers, showed promising moderate correlations between these accidents and our constructed risk score. However, the most important validating correlation between the risk score and the prospective accidents which appeared on driving records was low and statistically not significant. Since it was shown that recorded accidents are substantially less than those reported by the drivers, other validating criteria should be used in future research. /Abstract from report summary page/
Format:

PDF
Funding:

DOT-HS-031-1-187
Download URL:

https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/1126/dot_1126_DS1.pdf
File Type:

[PDF - 2.53 MB]
Collection(s):

NHTSA - Behavioral Safety Research
Main Document Checksum:

urn:sha256:e56693ec0699d0aec44ece4685ec8ab0d78f2dd1cfeb1038387285f740191d38

File Language:

English

ON THIS PAGE

Details

Found an issue?

Send us an email at:

publishinghd@cdc.gov

ROSA P serves as an archival repository of USDOT-published products including scientific findings, journal articles, guidelines, recommendations, or other information authored or co-authored by USDOT or funded partners. As a repository, ROSA P retains documents in their original published format to ensure public access to scientific information.