SLEEPINESS AND MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS. MEDICINES AND ROAD TRAFFIC SAFETY

The impact of excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) on the health and wellbeing of society has only recently been appreciated. Using published literature, the authors investigate the significance of EDS and the relation of sleepiness/alertness to waking performance. The multiple sleep laboratory test was developed to measure the tendency to sleep or remain awake during the day. This test has been used to examine the effects of hypnotic drugs. Investigation of the cause of motor vehicle accidents has focussed on ethanol and other drugs, driver performance variables, driver psychological status and, recently circadian rhythms. A brief review is presented of research in these fields. (TRRL)

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• Corporate Authors:

  CNS (Clinical Neuroscience) Publishers

  50 Ferry Street, Isle of Dogs
  London,   England 
• Authors:
  • Roth, T
  • Roehrs, T
• Publication Date: 1988

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 111-6
• Serial:
  • Publication of: CNS (Clinical Neuroscience) Publishers
  • Publisher: CNS (Clinical Neuroscience) Publishers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alertness; Bibliographies; Conferences; Crashes; Daylight; Driver performance; Drivers; Drugs; Fatigue (Physiological condition); Impaired drivers; Medicine; Personnel performance; Physiology; Psychology; Sleep; Tests
• Old TRIS Terms: Driver impairment
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 2238: Attention; 8518: Bibliography; 8525: Conference; 9008: Daylight; 1772: Driver; 2242: Drugs; 2222: Fatigue (human); 2062: Physiology; 2255: Psychology; 2205: Skill (road user); 6255: Test
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00493028
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 1-869868-02-1
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: May 31 1990 12:00AM