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  • Psychology
  • Traffic Safety
  • Human Factors

Background:

  • The relationship between cognitive capability and traffic safety requires further investigation.
  • Cognitive failures may contribute to driving errors and accidents.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the association between cognitive failures, driving errors, and accident data in professional drivers.
  • To determine if cognitive failure scores predict driving errors and accidents.

Main Methods:

  • 160 male professional drivers completed the Cognitive Failures Questionnaire (CFQ) and a driver error questionnaire.
  • Principal component analysis identified factors within the CFQ.
  • Poisson regression models analyzed the relationship between CFQ scores/factors and driving errors/accidents.

Main Results:

  • Total CFQ scores correlated with driving error rates but not accident occurrence.
  • Two extracted CFQ factors showed a stronger association with accidents and were strongly linked to driving errors.

Conclusions:

  • The CFQ can identify drivers susceptible to driving errors, though not directly predict accidents.
  • Developing a driving-specific cognitive failure scale is recommended for identifying error-prone drivers.
  • Such a scale could inform licensing, driver selection, and training programs.