Car drivers' attitudes towards motorcyclists and their relationship to accidents.

Author(s)
Crundall, D. Bibby, P. Clarke, D.D. Ward, P. & Bartle, C.
Year
Abstract

Motorcyclists are over-represented in the accident statistics. Analysis of accident causes, however, has found that in two of the three most common accidents, the primary responsibility lies with a car driver who collides with a motorcycle. It is possible that attitudes, knowledge and self-reported visual skills may help identify certain car drivers who have a high risk of collision with a motorcycle. To assess car drivers' attitudes towards motorcyclists, a questionnaire containing 26 general and motorcycle-related items and the 24 items of the reduced Driver Behaviour Questionnaire was distributed. A total of 1,355 respondents were split into four groups based on driving experience. Compared with the experienced dual driver group (10 years' experience of both cars and motorcycles), all other drivers showed divergent attitudes and self-reported skills, some of which had a relationship with self-reported accidents. For the covering abstract see ITRD E0903020.

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C 50477 (In: C 50471 [electronic version only]) /81 /83 / ITRD E143088
Source

In: Behavioural research in road safety 2007 : proceedings of the seventeenth seminar on behavioural research in road safety, 2007, Pp., 10 ref.

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