en Occupational and Industrial Health Occupational and Industrial Health پژوهشي Original Article <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong>Background:</strong> Given the importance of road accidents as a major cause of mortality and disability, the present study aimed to assess the driving behaviors and their influential factors in the taxi drivers in Isfahan city, Iran in 2017.<br> <strong>Methods: </strong>This cross-sectional study was conducted on 200 taxi drivers, who were randomly selected from various urban taxi lines. Data were collected using Manchester driver behavior questionnaire. Data analysis was performed in SPSS version 20 using t-test and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA).<br> <strong>Results:</strong> The mean scores of intentional violations, driving slips, driving mistakes, and unintentional violations were 10.26 &plusmn; 30.10, 8.39 &plusmn; 33.99, 3.71 &plusmn; 12.28, and 1.87 &plusmn; 5.14, respectively. Intentional violations and driving slips were associated with the highest driving risks. The most unsafe driving behavior was overtaking from a slow-driving driver, and unsafe driving was mainly observed in the youth, educated drivers, and those driving for long hours daily.<br> <strong>Conclusion:</strong> According to the results, the taxi drivers in Isfahan city had high-risk driving behaviors in terms of intentional violations and driving slips. Therefore, it is recommended that related workshops be held to promote healthy driving in taxi drivers.</span></span></div> <span dir="RTL"></span><br> <br> <span dir="RTL"></span> Manchester driver, Behaviour questionnaire, Taxi drivers, Isfahan, Iran 186 190 http://jhehp.zums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-207-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Zahra Mardani zm14943@gmail.com 10031947532846009661 10031947532846009661 No Student Research Center, Health School, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran. Asiyeh Pirzadeh as_pirzadeh@hlth.mui.ac.ir 10031947532846009662 10031947532846009662 Yes Department of Health Education and Promotion, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.