Accident proneness of bus drivers; controlling for exposure

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dc.contributor.authorDorn, Lisa
dc.contributor.authoraf Wåhlberg, Anders E.
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-16T15:33:14Z
dc.date.available2020-07-16T15:33:14Z
dc.date.freetoread2021-04-20
dc.date.issued2020-04-19
dc.description.abstractIt is argued that the reason that previous evidence apparently did not support the accident proneness hypothesis was faulty methodology and erroneous interpretations of results. Between time periods correlations of traffic accident records actually show an impressive stability over time when restriction of variance is controlled for. However, stability can be caused by stable differences in exposure. Correlations of accident records between time periods were analysed comparing full time and part-time bus drivers. For drivers who worked full time, the amount of exposure was held semi-constant while part-time drivers could be expected to work differing hours. If differential exposure causes stability in crash record, then part-time drivers should yield stronger correlations between time periods for crashes compared with full-time drivers. Between time periods accident correlations for part-time drivers were weaker than the corresponding ones for full time drivers. Correlations increased with increasing variance in the data. Results for all crashes fit in well with other meta-data, while culpable crashes did not, probably due to faulty coding. The current results support the notion of the tendency to cause traffic accidents as a stable trait within individuals as this is apparently not caused by stable differences in exposure.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationDorn L, af Wåhlberg AE. (2020) Accident proneness of bus drivers; controlling for exposure. Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science, Volume 22, Issue 1, 2021, pp. 32-45en_UK
dc.identifier.cris27209744
dc.identifier.issn1463-922X
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/1463922X.2020.1749960
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/15558
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherTaylor and Francisen_UK
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/*
dc.subjectaccident pronenessen_UK
dc.subjectbus driveren_UK
dc.subjectaccident recorden_UK
dc.subjectcrashen_UK
dc.subjectreliabilityen_UK
dc.titleAccident proneness of bus drivers; controlling for exposureen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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