. Ehsanollah Habibi; . Azam Haghi; . Mohammad Reza Maracy
Volume 4, Issue 1 , February 2014, , Pages 1-6
Abstract
Background: World Health Organization findings shows that up to year 2020 the numberof fatality due to driving accidents will increases up to 65%, which is 80% is in developingcountries. ...
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Background: World Health Organization findings shows that up to year 2020 the numberof fatality due to driving accidents will increases up to 65%, which is 80% is in developingcountries. Iran has one of the highest rates of road traffic accident mortality rate in the world.Materials and Methods: The cross-sectional study was carried out in the center and west ofIran upon 540 ordinary and taxi drivers who were driving regularly from bus terminals and thetravel agencies to other cities. Data collection tool is a questionnaire that measuring drivingrisk taking by two items of risky driving behaviors and risk taking attitudes. Findings: Theresults of this study showed that the averages of risk driving behaviors scores were higherthan the average of risk taking attitudes scores. The results of logistic regression test showedthat the risky driving behaviors can be a predictor of driving accidents due to individuals’ risktaking (P = 0.014). Among all these variables, attitude toward rule violations and speeding,aggressive driving and violation of the road laws respectively are important predictive of drivers’risk taking (P < 0.0010). Discussion and Conclusion: Although attitude toward risk takinghas been located at a low level by different ways, a desired result was not obtained from thereduction of those high risky behaviors; in fact, high-rate of accidents and traffic incidence inIran indicates this matter well.
