Preventing Serious Crashes Arising from Driver Distraction and Fatigue

La Prevention des Accidents Graves dus a la Distraction au Volant et la Somnolance

A significant percentage of serious crashes are attributed to driver distraction and fatigue, and the issue is growing, such as with the emergence of increasingly complex driving aids and technologies. The Safe Systems road safety paradigm [Marsh] requires alternatives to be considered across all pillars of the Safe System (Road Safety Management, Safer Roads and Mobility, Safer Vehicles, Safer Road Users and Post-Crash Response). Much research has been undertaken in the countermeasures to driver distraction and fatigue relevant to the Safer Road Users pillar. Workgroup 3 of TC 3.2 has been tasked with investigating driver distraction and fatigue with the emphasis being on the road engineering response. This article summarizes the key insights so far.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission of the World Road Association – PIARC.
• Authors:
  • Marsh, Brendan
  • Anelli, Pierre
  • Brumec, Uros
  • Fournier, Lise
  • Cota, Keith
  • Lautner, Bernhard
• Publication Date: 2013

Language

• English
• French

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Pagination: pp 40-43
• Serial:
  • Routes/Roads
  • Issue Number: 360
  • Publisher: World Road Association (PIARC)
  • ISSN: 0004-556X
  • Serial URL: http://www.piarc.org/en/publications/Routes-Roads-Magazine/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Distraction; Fatigue (Physiological condition); Highway engineering; Highway safety; Human factors in crashes; Safety management; Traffic crashes
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01506209
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 30 2014 1:16PM