Sleepiness/fatigue and distraction/inattention as factors for fatal versus nonfatal commercial motor vehicle driver injuries

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• Personal Author:
  Browning SR ; Bunn TL ; Slavova S ; Struttmann TW ; Browning SR ; Bunn TL ; Slavova S ; Struttmann TW
• Description:
  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 (CVC) will be fatal. Cases were identified as CVC drivers who died (fatal) and controls were drivers who survived (nonfatal) an injury collision using the Kentucky Collision Report Analysis for Safer Highways (CRASH) electronic database from 1998-2002. Cases and controls were matched on unit type and roadway type. Conditional logistic regression was performed. Driver sleepiness/fatigue, distraction/inattention, age of 51 years of age and older, and nonuse of safety belts increase the odds that a CVC will be fatal. Primary safety belt law enactment and enforcement for all states, commercial vehicle driver education addressing fatigue and distraction and other approaches including decreased hours-of-service, rest breaks and policy changes, etc. may decrease the probability that a CVC will be fatal. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Aging Automobiles Case Reports Fatigue Mortality Occupational Health Public Health Risk Assessment Safety Sleep Sleep Initiation And Maintenance Disorders

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• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-statistics Accidents Age-groups Author Keywords: Commercial Vehicle Case-control Case-studies Drivers Inattention Injury-prevention Mathematical-models Mortality-data Motor-vehicles Public-health Rest-periods Restraints Risk-analysis Safety-belts Sleep-deprivation Sleepiness Statistical-analysis Surveillance-programs Truck-drivers Work-practices

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• ISSN:
  0001-4575
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article ; Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Kentucky ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• Volume:
  37
• Issue:
  5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20040864
• Citation:
  Accid Anal Prev 2005 Sep; 37(5):862-869
• Contact Point Address:
  Terry L. Bunn, Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program, Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center, University ofK entucky, Lexington, KY 40504, USA
• Email:
  tlbunn2@uky.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2005
• Performing Organization:
  Kentucky Department of Health Services
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19930930
• Source Full Name:
  Accident Analysis and Prevention
• End Date:
  20060831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:8c7f94653a0eeae92b8316c8a7f70d9039c61aefe0c18f07223e60d425cfde57005a56753737007d0dd7a4487e13d4df0bca65c0f4d0d9a416f65da11cc0a092
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/193580/cdc_193580_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 100.77 KB ]