Studies from Wuhan University of Technology Yield New Data on Risk Management (Traffic Climate, Driver Behaviour, and Accidents Involvement In China)

2019 JUN 11 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Investigators publish new report on Risk Management. According to news originating from Wuhan, People’s Republic of China, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “Traffic Climate Scale (TCS) and Positive Driver Behaviours Scale (PDBS) are new measurement tools. The study aims to translate the TCS and PDBS into Chinese and to assess their factor structures in a large sample of licensed motor vehicle drivers in China.”

Financial supporters for this research include National Nature Science Foundation of China, National Key R&D Program of China.

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from the Wuhan University of Technology, “A further aim is to investigate the effects of TCS factors on drivers’ behaviours and traffic accidents involvement. Data were collected using an online survey. Participants were 887 fully licensed motor vehicle drivers, including 531 males and 356 females who completed a Chinese translated questionnaire including the TCS, PDBS, Driver Behaviour Questionnaire (DBQ), items related to drivers’ driving records and demographic characteristics. The result of the exploratory factor analysis revealed clear three-factor solution (‘Functionality’, ‘External affective demand’ and ‘Internal requirement’) of TCS with high item loadings and acceptable internal consistency coefficients. The convergent validity of the Chinese TCS was supported by its relationship with driver behaviour factors (violations, errors, lapses and positive behaviours), the traffic accidents involvement and demographic characteristics. The results further show that the external affective demand consistently and positively relate to aberrant behaviours and negatively relate to positive behaviours with indirect positive significant effects on accidents involvement. Functionality is concurrently and negatively related to aberrant behaviours and positively related to positive behaviours with no effects on accidents involvement.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “The internal requirement is negatively related to aberrant behaviours but, positively related to positive behaviours with positive significant direct effects on accidents involvement.”

For more information on this research see: Traffic Climate, Driver Behaviour, and Accidents Involvement In China. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 2019;122():119-126. 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/)

The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from C.Z. Wu, Wuhan University of Technology, Intelligent Transportat Syst Res Ctr, Wuhan, Hubei, People’s Republic of China. Additional authors for this research include W.H. Chu, C. Atombo, H. Zhang and T. Ozkan.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2018.09.007. 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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