THIS REPORT SUMMARIZES RECENT NATIONAL STATISTICS ON THE INCIDENCE AND CHARACTERISTICS OF CRASHES INVOLVING DRIVER FATIGUE, DROWSINESS, OR "ASLEEP-AT-THE-WHEEL." FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS REPORT, THESE TERMS ARE
CONSIDERED SYNONYMOUS. PRINCIPAL DATA SOURCES ARE THE NHTSA GENERAL ESTIMATES SYSTEM (GES) AND THE FATAL ACCIDENT REPORTING SYSTEM (FARS), ALTHOUGH THESE DATA FILES ARE ACKNOWLEDGED TO HAVE LIMITATIONS FOR QUANTIFYING THIS TYPE OF CRASH CAUSAL FACTOR. MOST DATA PROVIDED ARE FOR THE FIVE-YEAR PERIOD 1989-93.
The goal of this research was to identify and correlate easily observable characteristics of drivers to different levels offatigue, thus enabling stat...
Drowsy driving is a dangerous behavior that leads to thousands of deaths and injuries each year. It is also a controllable factor for drivers. Drivers...
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