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Broadening Our View of Effective Solutions to Commercial Driver Fatigue
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Feyer, Anne-Marie Williamson, Ann M. |
| Copyright Year | 2000 |
| Description | Fatigue has emerged as a major occupational hazard for commercial longdistance drivers. For example, there is increasing recognition that it is a major risk factor for crashes involving heavy vehicles in Australia (Howarth, Hefferman & Home, 1989; Sweatman, Ogden, Haworth, Vulcan & Pearson, 1990) and elsewhere (Hamelin, 1987; Mitler et al., 1988; National Transportation Safety Board, 1995; van Ouwerkerk, 1987). Howarth, Triggs, and Grey (1988) estimated that, for articulated vehicles in Australia, between 5 and 10% of all crashes, 20 to 30% of casualty crashes, and 25 to 35% of fatal crashes are probably caused by fatigue. For particular types of crashes, the involvement of fatigue may be much higher, for example, 40% to 50% of fatal single vehicle semitrailer crashes are probably fatigue related (Howarth et al., 1988). If accidents where fatigue is a contributory rather than primary cause are considered, as many as 60% of heavy vehicle crashes have been reported as involving fatigue to some extent (Sweatman et al., 1990). Book Name: Stress, Workload, and Fatigue |
| Related Links | https://api.taylorfrancis.com/content/chapters/edit/download?identifierName=doi&identifierValue=10.1201/b12791-3.7&type=chapterpdf |
| Ending Page | 565 |
| Page Count | 16 |
| Starting Page | 550 |
| DOI | 10.1201/b12791-3.7 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited |
| Publisher Date | 2000-11-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Book Name: Stress, Workload, and Fatigue Transplantation Fatigue Heavy Vehicle Driver Fatal Safety Howarth Australia Sweatman |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Chapter |
