Commercial Motor Vehicle Driver Fatigue, Long-Term Health, and Highway Safety: Research Needs
2016

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There are approximately 4,000 fatalities in crashes involving trucks and buses in the United States each year. Though estimates are wide-ranging, possibly 10 to 20 percent of these crashes might have involved fatigued drivers. The stresses associated with their particular jobs (irregular schedules, etc.) and the lifestyle that many truck and bus drivers lead, puts them at substantial risk for insufficient sleep and for developing short- and long-term health problems.

Commercial Motor Vehicle Driver Fatigue, Long-Term Health and Highway Safety assesses the state of knowledge about the relationship of such factors as hours of driving, hours on duty, and periods of rest to the fatigue experienced by truck and bus drivers while driving and the implications for the safe operation of their vehicles. This report evaluates the relationship of these factors to drivers' health over the longer term, and identifies improvements in data and research methods that can lead to better understanding in both areas.

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272 pages · 6 x 9 · paperback
ISBN Paperback: 0-309-39252-7
ISBN Ebook: 0-309-39253-5
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/21921

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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. Commercial Motor Vehicle Driver Fatigue, Long-Term Health, and Highway Safety: Research Needs. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.

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Front Matter i-xviii
Summary 1-16
1 Introduction 17-24
PART I: BACKGROUND 25-26
2 The Trucking and Bus Industries 27-42
3 Consequences of Fatigue from Insufficient Sleep 43-50
4 Hours-of-Service Regulations 51-58
PART II: CURRENT RESEARCH DATA AND METHODS 59-60
5 Data Sources 61-86
6 Research Methodology and Principles: Assessing Causality 87-104
PART III: CURRENT RESEARCH FINDINGS 105-106
7 Fatigue, Hours of Service, and Highway Safety 107-130
8 Fatigue and Health and Wellness 131-152
9 Technological Countermeasures for and Corporate Management of Fatigue 153-170
PART IV: RESEARCH DIRECTIONS 171-172
10 Research Directions for Fatigue and Highway Safety 173-202
11 Research Directions for Studying the Impact of Fatigue on Commercial Motor Vehicle Drivers' Health and Wellness 203-216
Glossary 217-224
References 225-244
Appendix: Biographical Sketches of Panel Members and Staff 245-252
Committee on National Statistics 253-254

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Commercial Motor Vehicle Driver Fatigue, Long-Term Health, and Highway Safety: Research Needs (2016)

Chapter: PART I: BACKGROUND

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