Research Article

Factors Affecting Crash Involvement of Commercial Vehicle Drivers: Evaluation of Commercial Vehicle Drivers’ Characteristics in South Korea

Table 1

Descriptive statistics of variables for local bus.

Variable descriptionNumber of samplesMinimumMaximumMeanSD

Dependent variable
Recent crash involvement0 = not involved in the crash for three years63,256
1 = involved in the crash for three years12,179

Independent variables
Driver age21–303160100.06
31–404,250010.060.23
41–5020,640010.270.44
51–6036,744010.490.5
More than 6113,485010.180.38
Driving experienceYears of driving75,4350.0459.3316.269.72
Violation rateTotal number of violations per 10 years75,43507.50.080.22
Job change rateTotal number of job changes per year75,4350480.270.8
Crash rateTotal number of crashes per 10 years75,43504.440.380.4