Road_Safety_Research_in_China_Review_and_Appraisal.pdf

T r a ffic In ju r y P r e v e n tio n Road Safety Research in China: Review and Appraisal Journal: Traffic Injury Prevention Manuscript ID: GCPI-2010-0011.R1 Manuscript Type: Review Date Submitted by the Author: Complete List of Authors: Wang, Pei; Institute of Human Factors and Ergonomics, Department of Industrial Engineering Rau, Pei-Luen; Institute of Human Factors and Ergonomics, Department of Industrial Engineering Salvendy, Gavriel; Institute of Human Factors and Ergonomics, Department of Industrial Engineering Keywords: Traffic, Safety, Driver, Pedestrian, Bicyclist URL: /gcpi Email: dviano@ Traffic Injury Prevention T r a ffic In ju r y P r e v e n tio n 1 Road Safety Research in China: Review and Appraisal Pei Wang a,* , Pei-Luen Patrick Rau a , Gavriel Salvendy a a Department of Industrial Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China *Corresponding author. Tel.: +86-10 fax: +86-10 pei-wang05@ ABSTRACT Objective: This study explored two major problems of China’s traffic and reviewed the human factors research in road safety published on Chinese journals. Methods: A comprehensive search of Chinese journals related with road safety was conducted. Forty-three studies were found and reviewed in this paper. Results: One problem is the pedestrians and bicyclists street crossing and interaction with vehicle drivers. The other is aggressive driving, such as frequently changing lanes, tailgating, moving forward and obstructing the path of others. All the reviewed studies were classified into four categories according to the research topics: driver capacity, driving style, driver fatigue, and traffic accidents. Driver capacity research studied Chinese drivers’ physical and mental abilities, including information processing, vision, reaction, attention distribution, and mental workload, and their differences between accident and non-accident drivers. Driving style rese