| Document ID (ISN) | 107025 |
| CIS number |
07-1217 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0001-4575 - Accident Analysis and Prevention |
| Year |
2005 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Bunn T.L., Slavova S., Struttmann T.W., Browning S.R. |
| Title |
Sleepiness/fatigue and distraction/inattention as factors for fatal versus nonfatal commercial motor vehicle driver injuries |
| Bibliographic information |
Sep. 2005, Vol.37, No.5, p.862-869. Illus. 31 ref. |
| Abstract |
A retrospective population-based case-control study was conducted to determine whether driver sleepiness/fatigue and inattention/distraction increase the likelihood that a commercial motor vehicle collision will be fatal. Based on the Kentucky Collision Report Analysis for Safer Highways (CRASH) electronic database, 1998-2002, cases were identified as commercial vehicle drivers who died following a collision accident and controls were drivers who survived an injury collision. Cases and controls were matched by vehicle and roadway type. Conditional logistic regression was performed. Driver sleepiness/fatigue, distraction/inattention, 51 years of age and older, and non-use of safety belts increased the odds of fatal commercial vehicle collision accidents. Implications of these findings are discussed. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
occupational accidents; Kentucky; fatigue; fatalities; road transport; relaxed vigilance; drivers |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
safety consciousness; USA; human behaviour; disobeying safety instructions; age-linked differences; safety belts; case-control study |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | USA |
| Subject(s) |
Transport and communications
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Physiology, ergonomics
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Road transportation
Vigilance
Fatigue
Mental stress and burnout
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