Jamson, S orcid.org/0000-0001-8166-0403, Uzondu, C and Hibberd, D (2020) Can infrastructure improvements mitigate unsafe traffic safety culture: A driving simulator study exploring cross cultural differences. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 73. pp. 205-221. ISSN 1369-8478
Abstract
This paper presents the results of a cross-cultural study to investigate the influence of traffic safety culture and infrastructure improvements on driver behaviour. To achieve this, the driving style of UK drivers was compared with that of Nigerians with and without experience of driving in the UK. A driving simulator experiment compared the actual driving style of these three groups of drivers in different safety critical scenarios. The simulated road environment varied depending on how much infrastructure was provided (low or high infrastructure). In addition, the Driver Behaviour Questionnaire was used to collect self-reported data on violations, errors and lapses. It was hypothesised that Nigerian drivers with no experience of driving in a UK road system would report and engage in more unsafe driving behaviour compared to the other two groups, and that increasing infrastructure would have little positive benefit. Overall, the results supported these hypotheses, indicating that the behaviours of drivers are interpretable in relation to their traffic safety culture, compared to changes in their driving environment.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This is an author produced version of an article published in Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Driver behaviour; Driving simulator; Nigeria; Traffic safety culture; Road environment; Infrastructure improvement |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > Institute for Transport Studies (Leeds) > ITS: Safety and Technology (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 15 Jul 2020 14:05 |
Last Modified: | 15 Jul 2021 00:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.trf.2020.06.022 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:163255 |
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