The influence of inferred traffic safety culture on traffic safety performance in U.S. States (1994–2014)

Benzaman, Ben; Ward, Nicholas J; Schell, William J.

doi:10.1016/j.jsr.2021.12.014

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“…In general, traffic safety culture is considered an abstract term (Benzaman et al, 2022), and factors such as physical and social environment (Benzaman et al, 2022), attitudes, norms, beliefs, andbehaviors (Naevestad et al, 2019;Dhibi et al, 2022) have been used to conceptualize the construct. Edwards et al (2014) noted that traffic safety culture could be examined at different levels.…”

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“…Despite differences in definitions, there is evidence in the literature of the positive impact of traffic safety culture on road safety. For example, Benzaman et al (2022) concluded that a positive traffic safety culture could be associated with a decreased fatality rate. Similarly, Stringer (2018) observed a decrease in the nationwide number of crashes due to alcohol use when improvements were made in the anti-alcohol traffic safety culture components (i.e.…”

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“…norms, attitudes, beliefs, and values). Traffic safety culture has been linked to various safety outcomes for different road users and their interactions with each other within the complex traffic system with various modes of road users, such as motorcyclists (Chou et al, 2022), cyclists (Naevestad et al, 2020, and drivers (Benzaman et al, 2022). For example, Ward et al (2020) reported a positive association between traffic safety culture and prosocial behavior during interactions with cyclists.…”

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Exploring the relationship between traffic resilience and driver behaviors through traffic climate

Öztürk,

Tümer,

Öz

2024

TSR

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Traffic safety culture and climate have emerged as an integral part of road safety policy and practice in recent decades, resulting in an emphasis on a holistic approach to road safety through systems thinking. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between drivers' perceptions of traffic resilience and traffic climate and their impact on driver behaviors. A total of 216 drivers aged between 19 and 32 years completed an online questionnaire consisting of the Traffic Resilience Scale (TRS), the Traffic Climate Scale (TCS), the Driver Behavior Questionnaire (DBQ), and the Positive Driver Behaviors Scale (PDBS). Serial mediation analyses were conducted to examine the objectives of the study. The results showed that drivers who perceived the traffic system as more resilient tended to perceive the traffic system as more functional and less externally demanding. The drivers' perceptions of traffic resilience were found to be directly related to the traffic climate and indirectly related to the driver behaviors through external affective demands and internal requirements. Increased traffic resilience was associated with increased aberrant behaviors and decreased positive behaviors through reduced external affective demands and internal requirements. These findings can be considered to make a unique contribution to the literature in understanding the motivations behind aberrant behaviors of drivers and highlight the need for road safety policies to take into account road users' perceptions of traffic resilience and traffic climate in order to better understand, predict, and modify road user behaviors for a safer traffic system.

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Exploring the relationship between traffic resilience and driver behaviors through traffic climate

Öztürk,

Tümer,

Öz

2024

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“…The occurrence of a traffi c accident is largely determined by the human factor, namely the conscious actions of the driver can cause an emergency, while the traffi c environment and the car are in the background [1]. Violation of traffi c rules is the driver's factor that causes an accident.…”

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Establishing Emergency Sections on Land Roads in Order to Improve the Quality of Transport Services, Creating Comfortable Conditions for International and Local Traffic

Zaranka¹,

Matijošius²,

Radvilaite³

et al. 2023

Adv. Sci. Technol. Res. J.

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The rapid increase in the number of cars in Lithuania and abroad every year (Statistics of traffi c accidents in Lithuania), ensuring road safety is becoming an increasingly important and relevant aspect for road users and other responsible institutions. In the statistics of traffi c accidents in Lithuania, no information is provided according to the nature of the vehicle collision, nor is there any information on the damage caused by the vehicle to the victim according to the type of collision. The work analyzes the security situation and emergency factors based on statistics. Factors determining the occurrence of traffi c accidents are analyzed. A visual analysis of "black spots" was performed to determine the main factors of higher accidents. Statistical data and comparative analysis methods are used for the research. Calculated traffi c incidents and the amount of damage caused by them are analyzed according to the type of collision.

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“…In Japan, Brazil, South Africa and many other countries, similar regulations or standards also exist. Hence, different governments have reached a common view in improving the safety performance of child restraint systems and providing a powerful safeguard for child occupants [10,11,12].…”

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Analysis of the Effect of Infant Carrier’s Webbing Tension on 18-month-old Child Occupant’s Chest Accelerations in Frontal Crash Accidents Based on Experimental Validations

2023

JERT

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Infant carriers play an important role in protecting child occupants from severe injuries caused by collisions, but the tension of harness webbing cannot be controlled properly most of the time. Infant carrier’s user manual or instruction generally contains little information about the extent to which the adjusting belt should be pulled to cause the necessary webbing tension, and it is often neglected that the infants should be restrained securely. In order to improve public awareness, it is important to ascertain the effect of infant carrier’s webbing tension on the occupant’s chest accelerations. A testing scheme including 12 dynamic tests was devised and conducted, and test conditions were controlled strictly to ensure the accuracy and objectivity of results. P1.5 dummy’s resultant and vertical chest accelerations were collected and analyzed. Both ISOFIX installation and seat belt installation methods were taken into consideration without lack of generality. Sled’s accelerations and velocities were set and acquired, which constituted the fundamental testing conditions of dynamic tests and ensured the repeatability and reliability of tests. Furthermore, dummy’s chest acceleration pulses were monitored and recorded, and the data were evaluated in accordance with criteria defined in relevant technical standards. The dummy’s chest accelerations were classified into 2 groups according to child restraint systems’ installation methods, i.e., the ISOFIX group and the seat belt group. In each group, both resultant chest acceleration and vertical chest acceleration were involved. Universal phenomena were displayed in all the tests, and the larger the tensile forces were, the lower the chest accelerations were in tests. Based on experimental validations, the relation between webbing’s tensions and chest accelerations in frontal crash accidents was verified. Furthermore, suggestions were made about adjusting the webbing tension and the proper use of infant carriers.

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The influence of inferred traffic safety culture on traffic safety performance in U.S. States (1994–2014)

Cited by 5 publications

References 18 publications

Exploring the relationship between traffic resilience and driver behaviors through traffic climate

Exploring the relationship between traffic resilience and driver behaviors through traffic climate

Establishing Emergency Sections on Land Roads in Order to Improve the Quality of Transport Services, Creating Comfortable Conditions for International and Local Traffic

Analysis of the Effect of Infant Carrier’s Webbing Tension on 18-month-old Child Occupant’s Chest Accelerations in Frontal Crash Accidents Based on Experimental Validations

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