The Contribution of Individual Factors to Driving Behaviour : The Implications for Managing Work-Related Road Safety - Literature Review

The following report details the findings of a literature review aimed at identifying the individual differences that are associated with driving behaviour and road traffic accidents.

Age, gender, ethnicity, education, personality, risk perception, social deviance, previous accident involvement, experience, stress, life events, fatigue and physiology are presented.

It is thought that a greater understanding of these issues will aid in the development of more appropriate and effective road safety policies and procedures and in doing so reduce the munber of work-related road traffic incidents.

Consequently the findings are discussed in relation to policy development and safety culture, recruitment, training, pre- and post-employment medical screening and management of stress.