The impact of safety climate on safety related driving behaviors. Transportation research part F

Abstract

This study explored the impact of safety climate, age and tenure as a driver on safetyrelated driving behaviors among 290 company drivers in Ghana. The study found anegative relationship between safety climate and studied work-related behaviors:speeding, rule violation, inattention and driving whiles tired. The study also found thatage significantly predicted the extent to which drivers engaged in safety related drivingbehaviors. The results showed that young drivers (aged 20–35 years) engage more in riskydriving behaviors relative to adult drivers (aged 36–60 years). The study also found that thetenure of a driver did not significantly affect work-related driver behaviors. The findingsfrom this study suggests that in the quest to reduce safety related traffic accidents andits resulting consequences such as injuries, absenteeism and deaths, a critical organiza-tional variable that organizations can use to mitigate this canker is commitment to andstrict adherence to safety practices and regulations. By extension, the findings suggest,Ghana’s commitment to safety practices and enforcement of safety regulations and policiesamong others can help the country win the battle against road accidents