Traffic Safety Culture

Dear Colleagues,

Traffic safety culture (TSC) is an emerging concept in the field of traffic safety research. It refers to “a set of shared patterns of behavior, norms, and expectations relating to certain road safety behaviors”. This definition implies a relationship between beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors. Individuals who hold certain beliefs are more likely to act in specific ways. Across different societal structures and populations, traffic safety culture paradigms aim to empower individuals and organizations to make safer transportation decisions by transforming their values and attitudes. Therefore, developing safe TSC requires an in-depth understanding of the prevailing culture of each population. This helps to identify high-risk road users, support the decision-making process regarding traffic safety policies and programs, and assists with the implementation of a zero-fatality road system.

Despite numerous attempts to study cultural transformation related to traffic behavior, more evidence is required in order for these transformations to bear a tangible impact on traffic safety. This Special Issue aims to deliver new evidence on traffic culture, practices, and implementation of policies related to TSC worldwide, with emphasis on countries that serve as leading paradigms in reducing TSC-related road fatalities. This Special Issue will facilitate the exchange of knowledge, especially of best practices and policies relating to TSC, with the main beneficiaries being countries with a large number of road fatalities, such as low- and middle-income Countries (LMICs), where fatality rates are more than double those in high-income countries.

Original research and review papers are welcome. Potential topics include (but are not limited to):

• Contextual and cultural components of traffic safety;
• Personality traits, especially of vulnerable road users;
• Personal and social norms relating to traffic safety;
• Traffic-related attitudes and behaviors;
• Socio-economic factors and quality of life attributes;
• Traffic Safety Culture Index;
• Traffic Safety Culture strategies.

Dr. Abbas Sheykhfard
Dr. Grigorios Fountas
Guest Editors

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