Citation

af Wåhlberg AE. Int. J. Occup. Safety Ergonomics 2007; 13(2): 159-171.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden. (anders.af_wahlberg@psyk.uu.se)

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Centralny Instytut Ochrony Pracy - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy, Publisher Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

17599791

Abstract

Driver celeration (speed change) behavior of bus drivers measured a number of times was used to predict their culpable accidents over increasing time periods. It was found that predictive power was considerable (>.30 correlation) over 5 years of time with aggregated celeration (mean of repeated measurements) as independent variables, and there were also indications that power reached even further, although too low Ns made these results unreliable. Similarly, there were indications of even stronger correlations with increased aggregation of celeration values. The results were discussed in terms of the methodology needed to bring out such results, and the stability of accident-causing behavior over time.

Language: en