Abstract
The present study aimed at identifying the habitual driving styles and evaluating how these styles connected to drivers' sociodemographic factors as well as speeding and accident experience. In a quota sample of 247 Taiwanese individuals, an exploratory factor analysis combined with a confirmatory factor analysis was conducted to derive five valid constructs including aggressiveness, anxiety, misjudgment, distraction, and unawareness. Moreover, four driving styles were identified and analyzed via a K-means cluster and logistic regression analysis. The analytical results showed that the derived constructs significantly differ on their sociodemographic factors, speeding experience, but not on accident involvement. Moreover, the constructs exhibited distinct impacts on the formation of driving styles while exposure factors were controlled. The heterogeneous driving styles explored in this study could reconfirm the heterogeneity of driver personality and accident occurrence found in past studies. General strategies to the sample population and specific strategies to each driving style were discussed.
