Affiliations 

  • 1 Universiti Putra Malaysia
  • 2 Social Security Organisations (SOCSO)
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Abstract

The number of commuting accidents in Malaysia is increasing every year and therefore it is essential to understand the underlying factors that influence the drivers’ way of driving among Malaysian workers. This study aims to deter- mine the risk factors of driving behaviour among workers through a cross-sectional study involving 153 manufactur- ing workers in Petaling Jaya, Selangor. Self-administered survey consisting standardized questionnaire were used to collect information on sociodemographic, working background, driving experience, job strain (JCQ) and EDS (ESS) among respondents. The most reported risky driving behaviour was lapses followed by ordinary violation, errors and aggressive violation. There were 36.6% of respondents reported to have job strain and 53.6% reported to have EDS. In bivariate analyses, younger age, higher education level, job tenure, longer years of having driving license and positive EDS were significantly correlated with more risky driving behaviour but after all inter-relationship between these factors were controlled, only EDS was found significant.