... genders and the circumstances surrounding the accidents suggest that this may in fact be the case. A study conducted by Furnham and Saipe (1993) named "Personality Correlates of Convicted Drivers." indicated that accidents were correlated to certain personality types. Furnham & Saipe (1993) used 73 participants: of which 25 males and 25 females, admitted to no driving convictions and 16 males and 4 females, admitted to having driving convictions. The participants were given a number of questionnaires such as the Driver Behavior Questionnaire, Zuckerman Sensation Seeking Questionnaire, and Eysenck Personality Questionnaire. Each questionnaire was designed to inquire about different aspects of driving. Measuring driving factors ranging from aggression, law breaking and risk taking. Some also contained items inquiring about the participants desire to participate in activities that have some element of speed or danger. From their results they concluded the questionnaires indicated that convicted driver's scores correlated with higher scores on psychoticism. ...

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