Researchers from Nottingham Trent University Detail Findings in Risk Management (A Comparison of Hazard Perception and Hazard Prediction Tests Across China, Spain and the Uk)

2019 MAY 14 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Research findings on Risk Management are discussed in a new report. According to news reporting originating in Nottingham, United Kingdom, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “Hazard perception (HP) is the ability to spot on-road hazards in time to avoid a collision. This skill is traditionally measured by recording response times to hazards in video clips of driving, with safer, experienced drivers often out-performing inexperienced drivers.”

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from Nottingham Trent University, “This study assessed whether HP test performance is culturally specific by comparing Chinese, Spanish and UK drivers who watched clips filmed in all three countries. Two test-variants were created: a traditional HP test (requiring timed hazard responses), and a hazard prediction test, where the film is occluded at hazard-onset and participants predict what happens next. More than 300 participants, across the 3 countries, were divided into experienced and inexperienced-driver groups. The traditional HP test did not discriminate between experienced and inexperienced drivers, though participant nationality influenced the results with UK drivers reporting more hazards than Chinese drivers. The hazard prediction test, however, found experienced drivers to out-perform inexperienced drivers. No differences were found for nationality, with all nationalities being equally skilled at predicting hazards. The results suggest that drivers’ criterion level for responding to hazards is culturally sensitive, though their ability to predict hazards is not.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “We argue that the more robust, culturally-agnostic, hazard prediction test appears better suited for global export.”

For more information on this research see: A Comparison of Hazard Perception and Hazard Prediction Tests Across China, Spain and the Uk. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 2019;122():268-286. Accident Analysis & Prevention can be contacted at: Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1GB, England. (Elsevier - www.elsevier.com; Accident Analysis & Prevention - http://www.journals.elsevier.com/accident-analysis-and-prevention/)

Our news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained by contacting P. Ventsislavova, Nottingham Trent University, Dept. of Psychology, School of Social Science, Nottingham, United Kingdom. Additional authors for this research include D. Crundall, T. Baguley, C. Castro, A. Gugliotta, P. Garcia-Fernandez, W. Zhang, Y.T. Ba and Q.C. Li.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2018.10.010. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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