Evidence Report: Cardiovascular Disease and Commercial Motor Vehicle Driver Safety (Expedited Review)

Of all occupations in the United States, workers in the trucking industry experience the third highest fatality rate, accounting for 12% of all worker deaths. About two-thirds of workers killed in the trucking industry are the consequence of highway crashes. According to statistics from the United States Department of Transportation, there were 4,932 fatal crashes involving a large truck in 2005 for a total of 5,212 fatalities. In addition, there were 137,144 nonfatal crashes; 59,405 of these were crashes that resulted in an injury to at least one individual (for a total of 89,681 injuries). The purpose of this evidence report is to examine the relationship between cardiovascular disease and the risk for a motor vehicle crash.

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• Record URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/16462
• Corporate Authors:

  ECRI Evidence-based Practice Center

  5200 Butler Pike
  Plymouth Meeting, PA  United States  19462

  MANILA Consulting Group, Incorporated

  1420 Beverly Road, Suite 220
  McLean, VA  United States  22101

  Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 2007-4-27

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Edition: Evidence Report
• Features: Appendices; Bibliography; Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 517p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cardiovascular diseases; Crash causes; Crash risk forecasting; Fatalities; Injuries; Traffic crashes; Truck crashes; Truck drivers; Truck driving; Trucking safety
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01108892
• Record Type: Publication
• Contract Numbers: GS-10F-0177N/DTMC75-06-F-00039
• Files: NTL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 20 2008 9:10AM