01657077

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http://www.trb.org/Publications/Blurbs/177006.aspx

Driver fatigue may play a role in an estimated 10 to 20 percent of commercial motor vehicle crashes. To address the problem of fatigued driving by truck and bus drivers, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) asked the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to convene a Panel on Research Methodologies and Statistical Approaches to Understanding Driver Fatigue Factors in Motor Carrier Safety and Driver Health. This article presents highlights from the panel's final report issued in early 2016. Topics include hours-of-service regulations, crash causes, industry heterogeneity, reducing commercial driver fatigue, data collection, the role of new technologies, and additional research needs.

English

pp 20-24

2017-11

TR News

Digital/other

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Commercial drivers; Crash avoidance systems; Crash causes; Data collection; Fatigue (Physiological condition); Health; Highway safety; Hours of labor; Regulation; Truck crashes

National Academies

Motor Carriers; Research; Safety and Human Factors

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

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