title: The impact of personality on driving safety among Chinese high-speed railway drivers.
abstract: This study explored the impact of personality traits on driving safety in high-speed railway drivers. A sample of high-speed railway drivers in Beijing (N=214) completed a questionnaire, including information on personality traits and background variables. The NEO Five Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI) was administered to characterize participants based on five personality traits: Neuroticism, Extraversion, Agreeableness, Openness to Experience, and Conscientiousness. The survey data were combined with naturalistic data of accident involvement and risky driving behavior in China. Poisson regression results show that drivers with high Conscientiousness and Extraversion caused fewer accidents. Higher Conscientiousness and lower Agreeableness were related to less frequent risky driving behavior. Education level and age negatively moderated the relation between certain personality traits and driving safety. The findings suggest that personality traits should be considered when selecting and training high-speed railway drivers.
authors.affiliation: School of Economics and Management, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China. Electronic address: gming@bjtu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.affiliation: School of Economics and Management, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China. Electronic address: weiwei@bjtu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.affiliation: School of Economics and Management, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China. Electronic address: 13113176@bjtu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Ganli
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.affiliation: College of Business Administration, Capital University of Economics and Business, Beijing 100044, China. Electronic address: chufl168@163.com.
authors.forename: Fulei
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chu
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001008:Anxiety Disorders; D001334:Automobile Driving; D002681:China; D004522:Educational Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D000075384:Neuroticism; D010551:Personality; D010555:Personality Inventory; D016012:Poisson Distribution; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012449:Safety; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Accident involvement; Conscientiousness; High-speed railway drivers; Personality; Risky driving behavior