Driver Distraction Injury Prevention Countermeasures. Part 1: Data Collection, Legislation and Enforcement, Vehicle Fleet Management and Driver Licensing

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• Personal Author:
  Lee JD ; Regan MA ; Young KL
• Description:
  Each year, around 1.2 million people worldwide die as a result of road crashes. For every death, around 50 million people are injured and around 15 million injuries are severe enough to require hospitalization. Findings from the analysis of police-reported crashes, reviewed in Chapter 16, suggest that driver distraction is a contributing factor in 10-12% of crashes. Converging data, from the 100-car Naturalistic Driving study in the United States, suggest that distraction is a contributing factor in up to 23% of crashes and near-crashes. Globally, therefore, driver distraction is a significant cause of unintentional death. As such, the development, implementation, and evaluation of injury countermeasures to prevent and mitigate the effects of distraction are critical to reducing existing road trauma and preventing distraction from escalating into a bigger problem than it already is. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Automobiles Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident Prevention Automobile Safety Drivers Motor Vehicles
• ISBN:
  9780849374265
• Publisher:
  CRC Press
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Book
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; Iowa ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20063394
• Citation:
  Driver distraction: theory, effects, and mitigation, 1st edition. Regan MA, Lee JD, Young KL, eds. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2008 Oct; :533-558
• Editor(s):
  Regan MA; Lee JD; Young KL
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2009
• Performing Organization:
  University of Iowa
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Driver distraction: theory, effects, and mitigation, 1st edition
• End Date:
  20290630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/226465/cdc_226465_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.34 MB ]