Investigating the individual and organisational predictors of work-related driving crash involvement in Ethiopia

• The rate of road traffic injury and death in Ethiopia is at a critical level.
• No research has explored the predictors of work-related driving crashes in Ethiopia.
• Driving behaviour was a significant predictor of self-reported crashes.
• Safety values and role overload were significant predictors of driving behaviour.
• Self-efficacy was not a significant predictor of driving behaviour.

The rate of road traffic injury and death in Ethiopia is at a critical level when compared to rates in high-income countries. Considering the enormity of this issue, research is to identify groups of high-risk road users and the factors contributing to their crash involvement. This study focuses on work-related drivers. This study explores driving behaviour as a mediator of the relationship between organisational and individual attribute factors and self-reported crashes in a sample of 213 work-related drivers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The hypothesised framework identifies driving behaviour as the most proximal determinant of self-reported crashes, and safety values, role overload and self-efficacy as antecedents of driving behaviour. With the exception of the relationship between self-efficacy and driving behaviour, all the hypothesised relationships were supported. We make recommendations for intervention approaches that are theoretically focused and sensitive to the cultural context.