The relationship between the Driver Behavior Questionnaire, Sensation Seeking Scale, and recorded crashes: A brief comment on Martinussen et al. (2017) and new data from SHRP2

J C F de Winter; F A Dreger; W Huang; A Miller; S Soccolich; S Ghanipoor Machiani; J Engström

doi:10.1016/j.aap.2018.05.016

The relationship between the Driver Behavior Questionnaire, Sensation Seeking Scale, and recorded crashes: A brief comment on Martinussen et al. (2017) and new data from SHRP2

Accid Anal Prev. 2018 Sep:118:54-56. doi: 10.1016/j.aap.2018.05.016. Epub 2018 Jun 2.

Authors

J C F de Winter¹, F A Dreger², W Huang³, A Miller³, S Soccolich³, S Ghanipoor Machiani⁴, J Engström³

Affiliations

¹ Department of BioMechanical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands. Electronic address: j.c.f.dewinter@tudelft.nl.
² Department of Cognitive Robotics, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands.
³ Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, USA.
⁴ San Diego State University, USA.

PMID: 29870878
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2018.05.016

Abstract

We provide a brief comment on the work of Martinussen et al. (2017), who studied the relationships between self-reported driving behavior, registered traffic offences, and registered crash involvement. It is argued that if the number of crashes is small, then the correlation with crashes is also small. Our analysis of the SHRP2 naturalistic driving study shows that the violations score of the Driver Behavior Questionnaire and the Sensation Seeking Scale exhibit small correlations with recorded crashes, and small-to-moderate correlations with recorded near-crashes and measures of driving style.

Keywords: Recorded accidents; Self-reported driving behaviour.

MeSH terms

Accidents, Traffic / statistics & numerical data*
Adult
Age Distribution
Automobile Driving / psychology*
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Risk-Taking*
Self Report
Surveys and Questionnaires