Analysis of Factors Influencing Tendency of Driving Consciousness

Abstract

The number of occurrences of traffic accidents in Japan has decreased, but in recent years the rate of decrease has been decreasing, and traffic safety measures for automobiles are still necessary. In response to these, implementation of various traffic safety measures and introduction of automatic braking system are progressing in Japan, and many studies have focused on driver's consciousness. In this research, we not only grasp the driver's consciousness, but also the difference of driving experience, personal characteristics, safety awareness by "Social Capital". Because of classifying respondents according to the tendency of driving consciousness, it was classified into four clusters "safe driving tendency", "speed-oriented type driving tendency", "pedestrian / bicycle gaze type driving tendency", and "dangerous driving tendency". When analyzing the factors of driving tendency, it became clear that factors such as sex, number of near unsafe incidents and social capital greatly affected.