Know the Hazards of Driver Distraction

Details

• Corporate Authors:
  Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Program) (OR-FACE)
• Description:
  Driver distraction is a factor in at least one-fourth of all crashes. Often, drivers are looking at an object in their lap or on the seat next to them. Glances away from the forward roadway for 2 seconds doubles the risk of a crash. Short driving-related glances at rear-view mirrors or outside conditions reduce the risk of a crash. Dialing is more dangerous than talking on a cell phone, but talking lasts longer, so both activities contribute about the same to the number of crashes. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Automobiles Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Transportation
• Keywords:
  Accident-prevention Accident-statistics Drivers Injury-prevention Risk-factors Transportation-industry Traumatic-injuries
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Publisher:
  Oregon Health and Science University
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Place as Subject:
  Oregon ; OSHA Region 10
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20039127
• Citation:
  Portland, OR: Oregon Health and Science University, Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation, 2010 Oct; :1-2
• Email:
  orface@ohsu.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2011
• Performing Organization:
  Public Health Services, Portland, Oregon
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Know the Hazards of Driver Distraction
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:663409f27225cba3c3957cfb7eb503c86b4e485c54e4d586cd6a1c9eb5219bca84f6ad225657c64c2ba3726ad73002a2674341a1afefb2dbc637aa9193c6a95a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/228629/cdc_228629_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 701.64 KB ]