Meesmann U., Silverans P., Wardenier N., Nikolaou D., Yannis G., Mondésir H., Salathé M., Heffernan S., Hernandez B.G., Damiani F., Naydenov N., Vam dem Berghe W., Stelling A., “Evaluating Self-Reported and Attitudinal Indicators as Proxies for Observed Road Safety Behaviour” at the Proceedings of the 8th IRTAD International Conference, Athens, 15-17 April 2026.

The main research question is to which extent self-reported indicators can be a useful proxy for the observed prevalence of at-risk behaviour. This comes down to evaluating how self-reported and attitudinal indicators are correlated with behavioural indicators based on observed behaviour at the international level. More specifically, we investigated to which extent the international ranking position of countries for a specific type of behaviour (speeding, distraction, etc) are comparable for self-reported and attitudinal indicators on the one hand and observed KPIs on the other hand. This is an exploratory analysis, as the number of countries with comparable roadside survey data suitable for this comparison is limited (5–10 countries).