Accident risk of foreign drivers in various road environments

Yannis, G; Golias, J; Papadimitriou, E

dc.contributor.author	Yannis, G	en
dc.contributor.author	Golias, J	en
dc.contributor.author	Papadimitriou, E	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:25:52Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:25:52Z
dc.date.issued	2007	en
dc.identifier.issn	0022-4375	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/17777
dc.subject	Accident fault risk	en
dc.subject	Driver nationality	en
dc.subject	Induced exposure	en
dc.subject	Log-linear analysis	en
dc.subject	Road characteristics	en
dc.subject.classification	Ergonomics	en
dc.subject.classification	Public, Environmental & Occupational Health	en
dc.subject.classification	Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary	en
dc.subject.classification	Transportation	en
dc.subject.other	Highway accidents	en
dc.subject.other	Risk analysis	en
dc.subject.other	Urban planning	en
dc.subject.other	Accident fault risks	en
dc.subject.other	Driver nationality	en
dc.subject.other	Induced exposure	en
dc.subject.other	Log-linear analysis	en
dc.subject.other	Road characteristics	en
dc.subject.other	Automobile drivers	en
dc.subject.other	article	en
dc.subject.other	car driving	en
dc.subject.other	comparative study	en
dc.subject.other	data base	en
dc.subject.other	environment	en
dc.subject.other	Greece	en
dc.subject.other	human	en
dc.subject.other	migration	en
dc.subject.other	risk	en
dc.subject.other	risk assessment	en
dc.subject.other	safety	en
dc.subject.other	statistics	en
dc.subject.other	traffic accident	en
dc.subject.other	Accidents, Traffic	en
dc.subject.other	Automobile Driving	en
dc.subject.other	Databases as Topic	en
dc.subject.other	Emigrants and Immigrants	en
dc.subject.other	Environment	en
dc.subject.other	Greece	en
dc.subject.other	Humans	en
dc.subject.other	Risk	en
dc.subject.other	Risk Assessment	en
dc.subject.other	Safety	en
dc.title	Accident risk of foreign drivers in various road environments	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1016/j.jsr.2007.01.014	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsr.2007.01.014	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	2007	en
heal.abstract	Introduction: This paper reports on the accident risk of foreign and native drivers in various road environments in Greece. In particular, the analysis aims to determine the combined effect of driver nationality, area type (inside/outside urban area), junction (yes/no), and lighting conditions (day/night) on accident fault risk. Methods: Data from the national accident database of Greece are used in a hierarchical log-linear analysis. The induced exposure technique is applied due to the lack of exposure data. Estimated and observed odds ratios are then examined for the quantification of the various effects in terms of relative risk. Results: The initial examination of a saturated model leads to the rejection of all three- and higher-order effects within variables, without providing an adequate fit to the data. On the contrary, a non-saturated secondorder model presents a very satisfactory overall fit. The examination of single and combined effects indicates that the most significant effect on accident risk rises from the presence of foreign drivers at junctions. Conclusions: Results confirm that foreign drivers in Greece are at increased risk. However, immigrant permanent residents appear to have a lower risk compared to tourists, regardless of the road environment. (C) 2007 National Safety Council and Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.	en
heal.publisher	PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD	en
heal.journalName	Journal of Safety Research	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/j.jsr.2007.01.014	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:000250118800011	en
dc.identifier.volume	38	en
dc.identifier.issue	4	en
dc.identifier.spage	471	en
dc.identifier.epage	480	en