The Company Car Driver, Occupational Stress as a Predictor of Motor Vehicle Accident Involvement

Sue Cartwright, Cary L. Cooper and Andrea Barron

Chapter 9 in From Stress to Wellbeing Volume 1, 2013, pp 176-187 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Human factors play a significant role in accident causation. According to the Transport and Road Research Laboratory, human factors are responsible for 65% of all U.K. road accidents. In contrast, less than 6% of accidents can be accounted for exclusively by vehicle/road conditions. With an estimated 50 million workers within the European Community, traveling to work by car each day (Pickup & Di Martino, 1987), the frequency and cost of motor vehicle claims has risen significantly during the last 10 years. In 1988, the total cost of road traffic accidents in the U.K. was estimated at £5,500M, with an average cost per accident of £17,760 (DTP, 1989). For every 100 company cars on U.K. roads, 44 are the subject of an insurance claim each year, with many fleet operators recording claims frequencies in excess of 100 or 200% (Crighton, 1991). In 1989, there was one death or injury per 41 company cars.

Keywords: Occupational Stress; Accident Rate; Mental Health Scale; Subsidiary Company; Driver Stress (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137310651_9

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