Identification of differences between rural and urban safety cultures
Identification of differences between rural and urban safety cultures
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DOI：
10.1016/j.aap.2009.05.008
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发表时间：
2009-09-01
影响因子：
5.9
通讯作者：
Gerberich, Susan G.
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作者：
Rakauskas, Michael E.;Ward, Nicholas J.;Gerberich, Susan G.
与城市地区相比，农村地区普遍存在的交通死亡风险要大得多。对此提出了许多解释，包括道路设计、紧急医疗服务距离和人为因素。这项研究探索了农村司机态度的潜在贡献，这些态度可能是农村环境中致命撞车风险增加的基础。这项分析通过一项大规模调查，考察了城乡司机在自我报告的与致命车祸相关的驾驶行为的风险承担和对安全干预的态度方面的差异。结果表明，农村司机从事风险较高的行为，如不系安全带，因为他们对与此类行为相关的风险知觉较低。结果还表明，车辆类型(例如，皮卡与乘用车)可能与安全带依从性和在酒精影响下驾驶的频率有关。农村司机认为政府支持的交通安全干预措施的效用低于城市司机。这项研究对人的因素在农村致命撞车事故中的作用提供了见解，并为制定安全干预措施提供了政策建议，这些干预措施是针对定义农村文化的心理社会因素而设计的。(C)2009爱思唯尔有限公司。保留所有权利。
The prevailing risk of traffic fatalities is Much larger in rural areas compared to urban areas. A number of explanations have been offered to explain this including road design, emergency medical service proximity, and human factors. This research explored the potential contribution of rural driver attitudes that may underlie the increased fatal crash risk in rural environments. This analysis examined differences between rural and urban drivers in terms of self-reported risk taking for driving behaviors associated with fatal crashes and attitudes toward safety interventions using a large-scale survey. The results suggested that rural drivers engage in riskier behavior, such as not wearing seatbelts, because they have lower perceptions of the risks associated with such behaviors. Results also Suggested that vehicle type (e.g., pickup trucks versus passenger vehicles) may be related to seatbelt compliance and frequency of driving under the influence of alcohol. Rural drivers perceived the utility of government-sponsored traffic safety interventions to be lower than their urban counterparts. This study provides insights into the role of the human factor in rural fatal crashes and provides policy suggestions for developing safety interventions that are designed with respect to the psychosocial factors that define the rural culture. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.