Personality Characteristics And Risky Driving Behavior As Predictors Of Persistent Traffic Accident (the Case Of Addis Ababa Drivers)

The pllly;ose of this study was to examine the relationship among personality characteristics,rnrisky driving behavior. frequency of traffic accident and demographic characteristics. Thernsample consists of 262 drivers who committed traffic accidents and came for invest(gation atrnfour traffic police administration and investigation offices in Addis Ababa. The researcherrnemployed availability-sampling technique to select 262 participants for the study. Torncanyout, the studv descriptive survey method was used. To collect the necessw)' data onernquestionnaire and tlVO scales were the main instruments employed. The data collectedrnrhrough the questiollnaires were analyzed USing percentage, Pearson 's r and regressionrnanalyses.rnThe results showed that some personality characteristics (extroversion, cOllscientiousnessrnand neuroticism) have weak relationship with the dependent variable (i.e. for extroversionrnO. J 4, conscientiousness O. J 68, and Neuroticism o. J 57) and thus have weak power inrnpredicting frequency of traffic accident. They however, predict frequency of risky drivingrnbehavior moderatelv The other important thing is that age has moderate relation ship withrnfrequency of traffic accident, Finally, based on the findings and conclusionsrnrecommendations were made to help design early interventions and alleviate problemsrnrelated with traffic accident.

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