Risk perception is the view of Risk held by a person or group and reflects cultural and personal values, as well as experience.
A conclusion regarding actual or potential risk based upon risk data and attitudes towards uncertainty and risk. Individuals perceive risks and groups of individuals with similar attitudes and exposed to similar risk data perceive similar risks.
Subjective perception of the gravity or importance of the risk based on a person's knowledge of different risks and the moral, economic, and political judgement of their implications. RT risk evaluation. WHO, 1988
a complex human process that results in the driver recognising the presence of a risk (as they construct it). Most risk perception happens at a subconscious level and is influenced by the driver's experience, thoughts and feelings. Low-risk drivers perceive a risk when they recognise their crash avoidance space could be threatened.
Risk perception is the subjective judgment that people make about the characteristics and severity of a risk. The phrase is most commonly used in reference to natural hazards and threats to the environment or health, such as nuclear power. Several theories have been proposed to explain why different people make different estimates of the dangerousness of risks.