Culture related to road traffic safety: A comparison of eight countries using two conceptualizations of culture

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 62, Issue , 2014, Pages 319-328

  Nordfjærn, Trond ^a   Şimşekoǧlu, Özlem ^b   Rundmo, Torbjorn ^c  

^a GEDIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b IZMIR UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS   (Turkey)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Cross cultural; Culture as symbol use; Culture's consequences; Driver behaviour; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDES; CROSS-COUNTRY STUDIES; CROSS-CULTURAL; CULTURAL ORIENTATION; DRIVER BEHAVIOUR; PERCEPTION CRITERIA; ROAD TRAFFIC SAFETY; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; RISK PERCEPTION;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; RISK PERCEPTION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDES; CAR DRIVING; CROSS-CULTURAL; CULTURAL FACTOR; CULTURE AS SYMBOL USE; CULTURE'S CONSEQUENCES; DRIVER BEHAVIOUR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GHANA; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INDIA; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK PERCEPTION; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAFETY; TANZANIA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

ATTITUDES; CROSS-CULTURAL; CULTURE AS SYMBOL USE; CULTURE'S CONSEQUENCES; DRIVER BEHAVIOUR; RISK PERCEPTION;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; ATTITUDE; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; INDIA; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; RISK-TAKING; RUSSIA; SAFETY; TANZANIA; TURKEY; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888117786     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2013.10.018     Document Type: Article

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