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Exploring cross-national variations in traffic safety culture: Insights into mobile phone use and shared beliefs across 31 countries
No full textThis study investigates cross-national differences in Traffic Safety Culture (TSC) by examining self-reported mobile phone use while driving across 31 countries. Using data from the third edition of the E-Survey of Road Users' Attitudes (ESRA3), collected in 2023, this research explores how socio-cognitive constructs, including norms, perceived behavioural control (PBC), attitude, and intention, influence drivers' mobile phone use while driving. Linear regression models are applied at both cross-national and national levels to understand the predictive strength of these constructs. Results indicate that socio-cognitive beliefs significantly explain variations in self-reported mobile phone use while driving, accounting for 37-63 % of the observed variance. Norms emerge as the strongest predictor, followed by PBC, attitude, and intention, with substantial differences in effect size across countries. These findings underscore the role of cultural and psychological factors in shaping unsafe driving behaviours, offering insights for tailored interventions that address specific socio-cognitive aspects of high-risk drivers, which can be used to design road safety campaigns or education programs more effectively.The authors would like to thank all 28 ESRA3 partners for supporting and funding the ESRA3 data collection across 39 countries in 2023. Special thanks go to all ESRA3 steering group partners – BASt (Germany), DTU (Denmark), IATSS (Japan), University Gustave Eiffel (France), ITS (Poland), KFV (Austria), NTUA (Greece), PRP (Portugal), SWOV (the Netherlands), and TIRF (Canada) - for their contributions to the development and conduction of the ESRA3 survey, as well as to Vias institute for coordinating the ESRA3 survey and the overall ESRA initiative. ESRA is funded through the contributions of the partner organisations, either from their own resources or from sponsors. Part of the funding for Vias institute, which is coordinating the ESRA initiative, is provided by the Belgian Federal Public Service Mobility & Transport
Inequalities in Traffic safety (INTRAS): final report
No full textContext
Given the fact that socioeconomic status and culture both are related to traffic safety – a fact that is abundantly illustrated in the international literature – the questions arise why people of different countries and cultures are in a varying extent involved in traffic accidents and why lower socioeconomic groups and ethnic minorities are often significantly overrepresented in
traffic accidents within a country.
Objectives
Based on an exploration of the international literature, we wanted to develop a theoretical framework allowing us to investigate the mechanisms underlying inequalities in traffic safety and mobility patterns. Most importantly, we wanted to empirically investigate these inequalities in the local Belgian context analysing a combination of accident data, selfreported
driving behaviours and opinions related to those behaviours at two different levels, i.e., at neighbourhood level and at the individual level. Part of these analyses was based on
newly collected data. In addition to that, already available data sets to explore inequalities in traffic safety and mobility in Belgium were inventorised as a way to facilitate future research
on this matter. From a methodological perspective, different statistical matching techniques were tested to allow data integration in the case valuable information on socioeconomic
status would be missing.
Conclusions
International literature clearly demonstrates inequalities in traffic safety in function of socioeconomic and cultural/ethnic background. This finding, together with related inequalities in terms of travel patterns, is replicated to some extent in four different empirical studies conducted in the local context. However, data scarcity, limited operationalisation of socioeconomic status, total lack information on cultural factors (like ethnic background) and of more robust (longitudinal) study designs prevent us from drawing firm conclusions on the
more precise importance of socioeconomic status and ethnic origin as predictors of road safety and mobility-related inequalities. Also, formal moderation/mediation analyses are required to verify the theoretical mechanisms that have been proposed and explored in this project as a way to better understand the association between socioeconomic status and ethnic origin on the one hand, and inequalities in traffic safety on the other hand. More
research on this topic is definitely required to further advance our knowledge and improve related policy.Belspo-BRAI
Inequalities in Traffic safety (INTRAS): final report
No full textContext
Given the fact that socioeconomic status and culture both are related to traffic safety – a fact that is abundantly illustrated in the international literature – the questions arise why people of different countries and cultures are in a varying extent involved in traffic accidents and why lower socioeconomic groups and ethnic minorities are often significantly overrepresented in
traffic accidents within a country.
Objectives
Based on an exploration of the international literature, we wanted to develop a theoretical framework allowing us to investigate the mechanisms underlying inequalities in traffic safety and mobility patterns. Most importantly, we wanted to empirically investigate these inequalities in the local Belgian context analysing a combination of accident data, selfreported
driving behaviours and opinions related to those behaviours at two different levels, i.e., at neighbourhood level and at the individual level. Part of these analyses was based on
newly collected data. In addition to that, already available data sets to explore inequalities in traffic safety and mobility in Belgium were inventorised as a way to facilitate future research
on this matter. From a methodological perspective, different statistical matching techniques were tested to allow data integration in the case valuable information on socioeconomic
status would be missing.
Conclusions
International literature clearly demonstrates inequalities in traffic safety in function of socioeconomic and cultural/ethnic background. This finding, together with related inequalities in terms of travel patterns, is replicated to some extent in four different empirical studies conducted in the local context. However, data scarcity, limited operationalisation of socioeconomic status, total lack information on cultural factors (like ethnic background) and of more robust (longitudinal) study designs prevent us from drawing firm conclusions on the
more precise importance of socioeconomic status and ethnic origin as predictors of road safety and mobility-related inequalities. Also, formal moderation/mediation analyses are required to verify the theoretical mechanisms that have been proposed and explored in this project as a way to better understand the association between socioeconomic status and ethnic origin on the one hand, and inequalities in traffic safety on the other hand. More
research on this topic is definitely required to further advance our knowledge and improve related policy.Belspo-BRAI
ESRA: E-survey on Road User's Safety Attitudes. Analysis of safety indicators and predictors of at risk behaviour in an online survey amongst more than 25,000 respondents in 25 countries
No full textESRA: E-survey on Road User's Safety Attitudes. Analysis of safety indicators and predictors of at risk behaviour in an online survey amongst more than 25,000 respondents in 25 countries
No full textThe ESRA Survey : Cross National Initiative To Monitor Road Users’ Attitudes And Performence
No full textIn 2015 the Vias institute (formerly Belgian Road Safety Institute), in cooperation with research institutes and road safety organizations from 17 European countries, launched the ESRA initiative (E-Survey of Road users’ Attitudes; homepage: www.esranet.eu). The initiative apparently meets current needs. Already the first ESRA survey (ESRA1) rapidly grew to a global survey across 38 countries (figure 1) and is expected to grow to over 50 countries across 6 continents in the next edition (ESRA2). The aim of the project is to provide scientific support to road safety policy by generating comparable national data on the current road safety situation. Using a uniform sampling method, an identical questionnaire and uniform programming of the questionnaire, allows for full comparability among the countries. The first ESRA survey (ESRA1) was conducted online using representative samples (N=1,000) of the national adult populations in 38 countries (online internet access panel). A common questionnaire was developed and translated into 33 national langue versions. The field work was carried out in three waves: (1) June/July 2015, (2) November 2016, (3) July/August 2017. In total, ESRA1 covers almost 40,000 respondents from 38 countries across the world. The themes covered in the survey are, amongst others: ‘the use of different transport modes’, ‘involvement in road crashes’, ‘safety feeling’, ‘concerns about road safety’, ‘self-declared behaviour’, ‘attitudes towards road safety’, ‘acceptability of unsafe traffic behaviour’, ‘enforcement’, and ‘support for policy measures’. For most of these themes the ESRA1 survey investigated the following four topics: speeding, driving under influence, distraction and seat belt use. Moreover, the results can be linked to sociodemographic characteristics of the respondent such as: gender, age or educational level. ESRA1 survey targeted all type of road users, mainly car drivers but also other groups such as motorcyclists, cyclists or pedestrians (e.g. helmet use). The current intention is to repeat this survey on a triennial basis, retaining a core set of questions in every survey allowing the development of time series of road safety performance indicators. The next edition (ESRA2) will be launched in October 2018. More information can be found on: www.esranet.eu; Meesmann et al., 2018; Torfs et al., 2016)
Socio-cognitive indicators in road safety monitoring
No full textThe study investigates socio-cognitive determinants of unsafe traffic behaviour in a cross-national perspective.
The ESRA project is a joint initiative of research organisations and road safety institutes, aiming at building up a global monitoring system on road safety performance and attitudes. The project is funded by the partners’ own resources and covers countries from all over the world.
Within this project, the PHD study will help to identify a core set of socio-cognitive indicators which are able to predict different types of unsafe traffic behaviour in an international perspective.ESR
The ESRA2 survey: Comparing Australian road safety performance with European countries
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The ESRA Survey [Elektronisk resurs] : Cross National Initiative To Monitor Road Users’ Attitudes And Performence
No full textIn 2015 the Vias institute (formerly Belgian Road Safety Institute), in cooperation with research institutes and road safety organizations from 17 European countries, launched the ESRA initiative (E-Survey of Road users’ Attitudes; homepage: www.esranet.eu). The initiative apparently meets current needs. Already the first ESRA survey (ESRA1) rapidly grew to a global survey across 38 countries (figure 1) and is expected to grow to over 50 countries across 6 continents in the next edition (ESRA2).The aim of the project is to provide scientific support to road safety policy by generating comparable national data on the current road safety situation. Using a uniform sampling method, an identical questionnaire and uniform programming of the questionnaire, allows for full comparability among the countries. The first ESRA survey (ESRA1) was conducted online using representative samples (N=1,000) of the national adult populations in 38 countries (online internet access panel).A common questionnaire was developed and translated into 33 national langue versions. The field work was carried out in three waves: (1) June/July 2015, (2) November 2016, (3) July/August 2017. In total, ESRA1 covers almost 40,000 respondents from 38 countries across the world. The themes covered in the survey are, amongst others: ‘the use of different transport modes’, ‘involvement in road crashes’, ‘safety feeling’, ‘concerns about road safety’, ‘self-declared behaviour’, ‘attitudes towards road safety’, ‘acceptability of unsafe traffic behaviour’, ‘enforcement’, and ‘support for policy measures’. For most of these themes the ESRA1 survey investigated the following four topics: speeding, driving under influence, distraction and seat belt use. Moreover, the results can be linked to sociodemographic characteristics of the respondent such as: gender, age or educational level. ESRA1 survey targeted all type of road users, mainly car drivers but also other groups such as motorcyclists, cyclists or pedestrians (e.g. helmet use).The current intention is to repeat this survey on a triennial basis, retaining a core set of questions in every survey allowing the development of time series of road safety performance indicators. The next edition (ESRA2) will be launched in October 2018. More information can be found on: www.esranet.eu; Meesmann et al., 2018; Torfs et al., 2016).</p
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