Effect of High-Altitude Environment on Driving Safety: A Study on Drivers’ Mental Workload, Situation Awareness, and Driving Behaviour

Table 1

Sample information.

Categorical variable (F (1, 695), value)	Category	High-altitude group (N = 356)	Low-altitude group (N = 341)
Gender (1.469, 0.226)	Female	74	84
	Male	282	257
Age (0.060, 0.807)	Up to 30 years	240	235
	Above 30 years	116	106
Years of driving experience (0.800, 0.372)	Up to 5 years	272	281
	Above 5 years	84	60
Driving distance (3.504, 0.062)	Up to 50,000 km	257	255
	Above 50,000 km	99	86
Years of driving experience on Tibetan Plateau	Up to 1 years	201	—
	Above 1 years	155	—
Driving distance on Tibetan Plateau	Up to 10,000 km	206	—
	Above 10,000 km	150	—