Personality and Crash Risk

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dc.contributorVirginia Tech Transportation Instituteen
dc.contributor.authorEhsani, Johnathon P.en
dc.contributor.authorSimons-Morton, Bruce G.en
dc.contributor.authorLi, Kaigangen
dc.contributor.authorPerlus, Jessamyn G.en
dc.contributor.authorO'Brien, Fearghalen
dc.date.accessed2014-11-24en
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-01T18:07:58Zen
dc.date.available2015-07-01T18:07:58Zen
dc.date.issued2014-08-25en
dc.description.abstractPersonality characteristics are associated with many risk behaviors. However, the relationship between personality traits, risky driving behavior, and crash risk is poorly understood. The purpose of this study was to examine the association between personality, risky driving behavior, and crashes and near-crashes, using naturalistic driving research methods. Method: Participants' driving exposure, kinematic risky driving (KRD), high-risk secondary task engagement, and the frequency of crashes and near-crashes (CNC) were assessed over the first 18 months of licensure using naturalistic driving methods. A personality survey (NEO-Five Factor Inventory) was administered at baseline. The association between personality characteristics, KRD rate, secondary task engagement rate, and CNC rate was estimated using a linear regression model. Mediation analysis was conducted to examine if participants' KRD rate or secondary task engagement rate mediated the relationship between personality and CNC. Data were collected as part of the Naturalistic Teen Driving Study. Results: Conscientiousness was marginally negatively associated with CNC (path c = − 0.034, p = .09) and both potential mediators KRD (path a = − 0.040, p = .09) and secondary task engagement while driving (path a = − 0.053, p = .03). KRD, but not secondary task engagement, was found to mediate (path b = 0.376, p = .02) the relationship between conscientiousness and CNC (path c′ = − 0.025, p = .20). Conclusions: Using objective measures of driving behavior and a widely used personality construct, these findings present a causal pathway through which personality and risky driving are associated with CNC. Specifically, more conscientious teenage drivers engaged in fewer risky driving maneuvers, and suffered fewer CNC. Practical Applications: Part of the variability in crash risk observed among newly licensed teenage drivers can be explained by personality. Parents and driving instructors may take teenage drivers' personality into account when providing guidance, and establishing norms and expectations about driving.en
dc.description.notesPresented at the Fourth International Symposium on Naturalistic Driving Research in Blacksburg, VAen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationEhsani, J. P., Simons-Morton, B. G., Li, K., Perlus, J. G., & O'Brien, F. (2014, August). Personality and Crash Risk. Paper presented at the Fourth International Symposium on Naturalistic Driving Research, Blacksburg, VA. Presentation retrieved from http://www.apps.vtti.vt.edu/PDFs/ndrs-2014/Ehsani%20-%20Personality%20poster%20for%20website.pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/53995en
dc.identifier.urlhttp://www.apps.vtti.vt.edu/PDFs/ndrs-2014/Ehsani%20-%20Personality%20poster%20for%20website.pdfen
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.relation.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsr.2015.06.015en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectCrashesen
dc.subjectTeenage driversen
dc.subjectPersonalityen
dc.titlePersonality and Crash Risken
dc.title.alternativeConscientious personality and young drivers' crash risken
dc.typePresentationen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
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