Prevalence of fatigue among commercial bus drivers in Malaysia
In Malaysia, there is a dearth of information on fatigue among commercial vehicle drivers. A study on commercial bus drivers in Malaysia revealed that fatigue is common among commercial bus drivers; about 32 per cent of them experienced fatigue after completing the trips for the day. Road crashes involving commercial buses in Malaysia are alarming. Statistics over a five-year period from 2000 to 2005 have shown an increasing trend of crashes involving buses. This has seen a consequent increase in the numbers of both fatalities and injured cases. In the year 2005, there were 3385 casualties recorded from crashes involving buses compared to 603 in the year 2000. This accounted for more than a five-fold increase. Human factors, especially fatigue at the wheel could be the causes of the crashes. As very few studies have been undertaken to investigate the extent of driver fatigue among commercial bus drivers, this study should shed some light on this phenomenon.
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Corporate Authors:
Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research
Kajang, -
Authors:
- Fadhli, M M
- Mohamed, N
- Othman, H
- Sarani, R
- Voon, W S
- Publication Date: 2008
Language
- English
Media Info
- Pagination: 12p
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Bus drivers; Driver performance; Fatalities; Fatigue (Physiological condition); Highway safety
- Uncontrolled Terms: Driving hours; Road safety (human factors)
- Geographic Terms: Malaysia
- ATRI Terms: Bus driver; Driver performance; Driving hours; Fatality rate; Human fatigue; Road safety
- Subject Areas: Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01386067
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: ARRB
- Report/Paper Numbers: MRR 06/2008
- Files: ATRI
- Created Date: Aug 22 2012 7:32PM