The relationship between the Driver Behavior Questionnaire, Sensation Seeking Scale, and recorded crashes

The relationship between the Driver Behavior Questionnaire, Sensation Seeking Scale, and recorded crashes: A brief comment on Martinussen et al. (2017) and new data from SHRP2

de Winter, J.C.F. (TU Delft Biomechatronics & Human-Machine Control)
Dreger, F.A. (TU Delft Intelligent Vehicles)
Huang, W. (Virginia Tech Transportation Institute)
Miller, A (Virginia Tech Transportation Institute)
Soccolich, S. (Virginia Tech Transportation Institute)
Ghanipoor Machiani, S. (San Diego State University)
Engström, J. (Virginia Tech Transportation Institute)

2018

We provide a brief comment on the work of Martinussen et al. (2017), who studied the relationships between self-reported driving behavior, registered traffic offences, and registered crash involvement. It is argued that if the number of crashes is small, then the correlation with crashes is also small. Our analysis of the SHRP2 naturalistic driving study shows that the violations score of the Driver Behavior Questionnaire and the Sensation Seeking Scale exhibit small correlations with recorded crashes, and small-to-moderate correlations with recorded near-crashes and measures of driving style.

Recorded accidents
Self-reported driving behaviour

http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:15f4c30e-0c69-46c3-b4a7-c8b7bcd3f80d

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2018.05.016

2018-12-02

0001-4575

Accident Analysis & Prevention, 118, 54-56

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© 2018 J.C.F. de Winter, F.A. Dreger, W. Huang, A Miller, S. Soccolich, S. Ghanipoor Machiani, J. Engström