Predicting Risky Driving Behaviour of Malaysian Drivers using the Self-Report Driving Behaviour Questionnaire (DBQ)

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Road traffic accidents can have a considerable negative impact on health and economics in many countries, and Malaysia is no exception. According to reports, these accidents were greatly impacted by risky driving behaviour. This study examined the factorial validity and reliability of the Driver Behaviour Questionnaire (DBQ), one of the most used driving measurement instruments, among Malaysian drivers in order to measure risky driving behaviour. Violations, errors, and lapses were the three factors identified through principal component analysis (PCA). The three factors in this structure explained 59.75 per cent of the total variance. The analysis revealed that five of the most frequent behaviour (between occasionally ‘2’ and quite often ‘3’) resulted from ‘violations’, one from ‘errors’, and the remaining five were caused by‘lapses’. Although violations have been linked to collision involvement, both violations and errors are potentially dangerous and have been shown to predict involvement in ongoing accidents.