FATIGUE, ALCOHOL AND DRUG INVOLVEMENT IN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM ACCIDENTS

In recent years, NTSB investigators have delved increasingly into the 'why' of human errors accidents. It has now become fairly routine for the human performance investigator to dig deeply into individual 'life-style' issues in order to learn what may have affected the performance of a pilot, engineer, ship's captain, or truck driver. Virtually always, an attempt is made to reconstruct the on-duty/off-duty/rest/sleep/wake history of the key operatioal personnel involved in an accident. Frequently, data are ambiguous, so the true incidence of fatigue as a causal or contributory factor is largely unknown.

• Corporate Authors:

  Brain Information Service

  California University, Center for Health Science
  Los Angeles, CA  United States  90024
• Authors:
  • LAUBER, J K
  • Kayten, P J
• Publication Date: 1989-7

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 173-184
• Serial:
  • ALCOHOL, DRUGS AND DRIVING
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue Number: 3

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcoholic beverages; Crash causes; Driver performance; Drivers; Drugs; Errors; Fatigue (Physiological condition); Human factors; Personnel performance; Traffic crashes
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00492155
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-040 747
• Files: HSL, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Mar 31 1991 12:00AM