Applying online fleet driver assessment to help identify, target and reduce occupational road safety risks

Safety Science

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 436-442

  Darby, Phil ^a   Murray, Will ^b   Raeside, Robert ^a  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Interactive Driving Systems   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitude; Driver assessment; Hazard perception; Knowledge; Statistical models

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; DATA SETS; DRIVER AGES; DRIVER ASSESSMENT; KNOWLEDGE; ONLINE ASSESSMENTS; POISSON REGRESSION MODELS; ROAD SAFETIES; SAFETY CULTURES; STATISTICAL MODELS;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; FLEET OPERATIONS; HAZARDS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK PERCEPTION; ROADS AND STREETS;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAR DRIVER; DATA ANALYSIS; DRIVING ABILITY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; ONLINE ANALYSIS; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; TELECOMMUNICATION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 58249085345     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2008.05.004     Document Type: Article

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