Safety culture among bus drivers in Norway and Greece

Nævestad, Tor‐Olav; Phillips, Ross Owen; Laiou, Alexandra; Bjørnskau, Torkel; Yannis, George

doi:10.1016/j.trf.2019.05.006

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“…These arguments indicate the validity of our conclusions about national RSC. Additionally, our main results about RSC are also in line with our other studies, which also includes professional drivers, e.g., bus drivers (Naevestad et al, 2019b), and HGV drivers in Norway and Greece (Naevestad et al, 2019a). Thus, our observations of national RSC in Norway and Greece are based on relatively similar reports from car drivers, motorcycle riders, bus drivers, and HGV drivers in Norway and Greece.…”

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“…The study was conducted within the research project "Safety culture in private and professional transport: examining its influence on behaviors and implications for interventions, " undertaken by the Institute of Transport Economics of Norway in cooperation with the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA). The results from this project focusing only on bus drivers in Norway and Greece have been presented in Naevestad et al (2019b), and the results from both professional and private drivers in Norway and Greece have been presented in Naevestad et al (2019a). The present study builds on and takes further a previous conference paper focusing only on riders and drivers in Greece (Naevestad et al, 2019c).…”

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Safety Culture Among Car Drivers and Motorcycle Riders in Norway and Greece: Examining the Influence of Nationality, Region, and Transport Mode

Nævestad

Laiou

Yannis

2020

Front. Sustain. Cities

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The aims of the study are to (1) compare the road safety behaviors among car drivers and motorcyclists in five different regions in Norway and Greece, (2) examine the factors influencing the road safety behaviors in these groups, and (3) examine the relationship between road safety behaviors and accident involvement. The study is based on survey answers from car drivers and motorcycle riders in two Greek and three Norwegian regions (N = 1,212). Road safety culture (RSC) is defined as shared patterns of behavior and shared expectations to other road users. The results indicate shared national RSC among Norwegian riders and drivers in the three Norwegian regions. The results from the Greek sample indicate the importance of the regional level for RSC and a unique RSC on the studied Greek island. The data do not indicate that transport mode is important for road safety behaviors or RSC. Our analyses indicate that RSC is important as it is closely related to road safety behaviors, which in turn is related to accident involvement. This suggests that accidents may be reduced by influencing the RSC. To contribute to such efforts, we discuss how and where RSC is created and how it influences road safety behavior, based on our results.

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Safety Culture Among Car Drivers and Motorcycle Riders in Norway and Greece: Examining the Influence of Nationality, Region, and Transport Mode

Nævestad

Laiou

Yannis

2020

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“…Studies comparing Northern and Southern European countries have found a larger incidence of aggressive violations in the latter, which were related to drivers' accident involvement (Warner et al 2011). These results were also supported in the study of Naevestad et al (2019a) and Naevestad et al (2019b), which included car drivers, bus drivers and heavy goods vehicle drivers.…”

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The role of values in road safety culture: Examining the relationship between valuation of freedom to take risk and accident risk among motorcycle riders and car drivers

Nævestad

Laiou

Yannis

2022

TSR

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Focus on paternalistic values versus individual freedom is a fundamental theme, which defines the status of road safety in different settings. The present study examines the role of values related to freedom to take risk in traffic in road safety culture based on survey data from car drivers (n = 882) and motorcycle riders (n = 330) from two countries with distinctly different road safety records: Norway, which had the lowest road mortality rate in Europe with 20 road deaths per million inhabitants in 2017, and Greece, which had 69 road deaths per million inhabitants, which was well above the EU average of 50. Contrary to our first hypothesis, we do not find a statistically significant higher valuation of freedom to take risk in traffic among Greek drivers and riders than among drivers and riders from Norway. In line with our second hypothesis, we find that motorcycle riders in both countries value freedom to take risk in traffic significantly higher than car drivers in their country. Regression analyses indicate a relationship between higher valuation of freedom to take risk in traffic and risky rider behaviours, which are related to accident involvement. Our results indicate that values focusing on freedom to take risk have an important role in road safety culture, presumably legitimizing and motivating risky driving/riding. This is in line with previous research, where riders cite freedom as the main enjoyment factor for riding. Previous studies find six times higher accident risk among riders than drivers, which is explained partly by pointing to risky rider behaviours.

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“…There are, however, still possibilities for further reductions, but it has been argued that this requires the application of new approaches to road safety. For example, the safety culture perspective comprises such a new approach, with a great potential to reduce road accidents, as culture makes up an important risk factor not currently addressed by traditional interventions (Naevestad et al, 2019).…”

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Willingness to Pay for Road Safety Improvements in Poland

Jaździk-Osmólska¹

2021

ERSJ

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Purpose:The article presents the results of empirical research on the application of the WTP method in Poland and VSL for Poland for different road users: pedestrians and drivers. Design/Methodology/Approach: An essential instrument for improving road traffic safety is to identify factors determining the behaviour of road users and their willingness to pay (WTP) for reducing the risk of death or injury. The research was conducted on a representative sample of 1085 people using a conjoint analysis. It was preceded by preliminary research using the bulletin board discussion technique for improving the quality of the measuring instrument. Findings: The research allowed for estimating the Value of a Statistical Life (VSL) and determine the profile of behaviour of protected and unprotected road users. The VSL estimate for Poland does not differ significantly from the values determined for other European and non-European countries, but is lowest. Practical Implications:The study provides in-depth knowledge about the socio-economic profile of road users necessary to improve the effectiveness of educational programs in the field of road safety improvement. Originality/value: The VSL research was conducted with an exclusive, two-stage method of using the bulletin board discussion (BBD) technique and the conjoint analysis based on the WTP method; This study estimated the Value of Statistical Life in terms of road safety for different road users: pedestrians and drivers in Poland.

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Safety culture among bus drivers in Norway and Greece

Cited by 26 publications

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Safety Culture Among Car Drivers and Motorcycle Riders in Norway and Greece: Examining the Influence of Nationality, Region, and Transport Mode

Safety Culture Among Car Drivers and Motorcycle Riders in Norway and Greece: Examining the Influence of Nationality, Region, and Transport Mode

The role of values in road safety culture: Examining the relationship between valuation of freedom to take risk and accident risk among motorcycle riders and car drivers

Willingness to Pay for Road Safety Improvements in Poland

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