Presentation
Impact of Aggressive Driving on Road Safety: A Systematic Review
DescriptionAggressive driving (AD) is widely recognized as a critical contributor to crash risk, yet most research treats it as a single construct. We refine the literature by introducing a law-based typology that separates violative AD, referring to behaviors that breach traffic regulations, from non-violative AD, referring to behaviors that remain technically lawful but still elevate risk. To quantify the safety impact of each category, we conducted a PRISMA 2020 systemic review. This review analyzed 15 articles selected from an initial pool of 429 retrieved from multiple Web of Science databases. These studies spanned four traffic contexts: two macro-level settings (highway/freeway and intersection/roundabout) and two micro-level settings (urban and rural). Evidence shows that safety outcomes vary by context; however, violative AD results in higher crash causation percentages and greater fatality/severe injury rates compared to non-violative AD consistently exhibits the highest crash-causation percentages and fatality or severe-injury rates in every environment examined, whereas non-violative AD, though harmful, poses a lower threat. These findings validate the proposed typology, highlight the need for context-aware risk models, and offer actionable guidance for developing monitoring systems as well as targeted enforcement or educational interventions aimed at curbing the most dangerous forms of aggressive driving.
Event Type
Lecture
TimeTuesday, October 14th3:40pm - 4pm CDT
LocationGrand Hall J
Surface Transportation