From work environment to roadway: A narrative review on organizational psychology’s role in road safety

Following the impetus to implement preventive road-safety programs, understanding how work-related dimensions intersect with road safety is noteworthy. That is, every day, people use roads to commute to work or travel for work (e.g., truck drivers, food delivery). Work-related travel results in distinctive and usually higher patterns of risk. This narrative review aims to offer a vision of the intersection between road transport safety and organisational psychology, a discipline devoted to the study of individuals’ psychology in the workplace. By bridging distinct aspects of research, the paper highlights the value of an interdisciplinary perspective and presents a framework comprising four major research levels (i.e., institutional, organisational, individual, and situational), thereby advancing new strategies for research and practice to promote road safety. Even though these levels are related, handling them separately enables a thorough analysis of the suggested interdisciplinary framework. The paper proposes ideas for future research that can combine the purposes of the two research fields while also advancing road transport safety.