Risky driving behavior among university students and staff in the Sultanate of Oman

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 58, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-9

  Al Reesi, Hamed ^a   Al Maniri, Abdullah ^b   Plankermann, Kai ^b   Al Hinai, Mustafa ^b   Al Adawi, Samir ^c   Davey, Jeremy ^d   Freeman, James ^d  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Oman)

^b SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^d QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Driving behavior; Driving behavior questionnaire; Errors; Oman; University staff; University students; Violations

Indexed keywords

DRIVING BEHAVIOR; DRIVING BEHAVIOR QUESTIONNAIRE; OMAN; UNIVERSITY STAFF; UNIVERSITY STUDENTS; VIOLATIONS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CRASHWORTHINESS; CRIME; ERRORS; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH; STUDENTS; SURVEYS; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRIVING BEHAVIOR; DRIVING BEHAVIOR QUESTIONNAIRE; ERRORS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; STUDENT; TEACHING; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNIVERSITY; UNIVERSITY STAFF; UNIVERSITY STUDENTS; VIOLATIONS; YOUNG ADULT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

DRIVING BEHAVIOR; DRIVING BEHAVIOR QUESTIONNAIRE; ERRORS; OMAN; UNIVERSITY STAFF; UNIVERSITY STUDENTS; VIOLATIONS;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CULTURE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OMAN; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SAFETY; STUDENTS; TEACHING; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877988013     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2013.04.021     Document Type: Article

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