The role of personality traits and driving experience in self-reported risky driving behaviors and accident risk among Chinese drivers

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 99, Issue , 2017, Pages 228-235

  Tao, Da ^a   Zhang, Rui ^a   Qu, Xingda ^a  

^a SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Accident risk; Driving behaviors; Driving experience; Gender; Personality traits

Indexed keywords

DRIVER TRAINING;

ACCIDENT RISKS; DRIVING BEHAVIOR; DRIVING EXPERIENCES; GENDER; PERSONALITY TRAITS;

ACCIDENTS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CAR DRIVING; CHINA; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PERSONALITY; RISK-TAKING; SAFETY; SELF REPORT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85004025629     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2016.12.009     Document Type: Article

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