The Journal of Safety Research is pleased to present this collection of papers that were originally presented at the Fourth International Symposium on
Naturalistic Driving Research. The symposium, hosted by the National Surface Transportation Safety Center for Excellence (NSTSCE) at Virginia Tech,
was held in August 2014. From over 40 papers and posters exploring a wide range of naturalistic driving topics, these studies have been selected
through our peer-reviewed process to be presented in this special issue.
Although all of the studies included in this special issue use naturalistic driving research methods, the topics explored and analysis methods used
vary widely. Studies in this collection can be roughly categorized into three broad groups:
Novice driving:
• Naturalistic teenage driving study — Findings and lessons learn
• Using naturalistic driving data to examine drivers' seatbelt use behavior, comparison between teens and adults
• Personality and crash risk
• Conducting in-depth naturalistic riding study: examples from beginner motorcyclists