How do we perceive traffic risk?

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Alternative codes found

RIV/61989592:15210/16:33159999

Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

How do we perceive traffic risk?

Original language description

Traffic risk perception has been defined as a subjective interpretation of the risk involved in traffic situations; this concept is important for road safety, since it may predict how road users behave in traffic. In addition risk perception is often reflected in safety assessments: both from experts (during road safety inspections or investigations) and lay persons (in road user safety complaints). Subjective risk perception is also valuable in cases when other safety data are missing, for example due to underreporting or newly-built infrastructure; hence it is of interest to study the factors which determine how we perceive traffic risk. In this respect an on-line test was prepared, consisting of general questionnaire (gender, age, driving experience), risk perception assessment (rating level of risk in video clips of traffic situations), personality questionnaire, and Driver Behaviour Questionnaire. With objective of studying the links between subjective risk assessment and personality traits, as well as differences across several dimensions (such as male vs female drivers, less/more experienced drivers, drivers vs other road users, or lay persons vs safety experts), the test was used with 144 respondents, including students and adults, certified road safety auditors or Traffic Police officers. In total 9 hypotheses were formulated and statistically tested: some of the identified relationships provided expected results, consistent with previous studies: for example high risk perception of females compared to males or lack of differences between students (non-professionals) and experts (professionals); other findings were less expected, for example lack of relationships of risk perceptions to age and experience. Nevertheless in order to reduce potential consequences of subjective assessments, based on risk perception, the identified differences should be considered in future road safety auditors’ or traffic conflict observers’ training procedures.

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Czech description

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Type

D - Article in proceedings

CEP classification

AN - Psychology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/ED2.1.00%2F03.0064" target="_blank" >ED2.1.00/03.0064: Transport R&D Centre</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection

Third International Conference on Traffic and Transport Engineering

ISBN

978-86-916153-3-8

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e-ISSN

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Number of pages

11

Pages from-to

1044-1054

Publisher name

City Net Scientific Research Center

Place of publication

Bělehrad

Event location

Bělehrad

Event date

Nov 24, 2016

Type of event by nationality

WRD - Celosvětová akce

UT code for WoS article

000391016300148