Risk factors for driving into flooded roads |
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| Authors: | Sheldon D Drobot C Benight E C Gruntfest |
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| Institution: | 1. Colorado Center for Astrodynamics, Department of Aerospace Engineering , University of Colorado , Boulder, CO, 80309-0431, USA;2. Department of Psychology , University of Colorado at Colorado Springs , Colorado Springs, CO, 80933-7150, USA;3. CU Trauma, Health, &4. Hazards Center , University of Colorado at Colorado Springs , Colorado Springs, CO, 80933-7150, USA;5. Department of Geography , University of Colorado at Colorado Springs , Colorado Springs, CO, 80933-7150, USA |
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| Abstract: | Motor vehicle-related deaths account for more than half of all flood fatalities in the United States, but to date, very little is known about the risk factors associated with why people drive into flooded roads. Using data from survey questionnaires administered in Denver, CO, and Austin, TX, this paper suggests that people who do not take warnings seriously are more likely to drive through flooded roads, as are people aged 18–35, and those that do not know that motor vehicles are involved in more than half of all flood fatalities. In Denver, people who have not experienced a flood previously and those who do not know they live in flood-prone areas are also more likely to drive into flooded roads. |
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| Keywords: | Floods Vehicles Risk behaviour Logistic regression |
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