Driving Behavior and Traffic Safety

Dear Colleagues,

The Global Status Report on Road Safety 2018, launched by the WHO in December 2018, highlights that the number of annual road traffic death has reached 1.35 million. Vulnerable road users—pedestrians, cyclists, and motorcyclists—account for more than half of all global death. A large proportion of these traffic crashes are caused by human factors, or human factors are involved. Therefore, research on driving behavior should be considered of great interest in the field of road safety, considering as a driver not only passenger car drivers, but also truck drivers, motorists, cyclists, e-scooter users, etc.

This Special Issue aims to characterize driving behavior and its influence on road safety. It will help researchers and practitioners to improve their understanding of driving behavior and its consequences so as to design safer facilities, driver assistance systems, and vehicles.

Potential topics of interest include but are not limited to the following:

• Accident data analysis focusing on driving behavior;
• Driving behavior when motorized vehicles interact with cyclists or other micromobility users;
• Driving behavior when motorized vehicles interact with pedestrians;
• Driving behavior at intersections;
• Risky driving behaviors: speeding, lane changing, car following;
• The influence of safety surrogate measures on driving behavior;
• The influence of new technologies, such as intelligent transportation systems and automated driving systems, on driving behavior.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Ana María Pérez-Zuriaga
Dr. David Llopis Castelló
Guest Editors

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