Sleepy Driver Near-Misses May Predict Accident Risks
This article reports on a cross-sectional, internet-linked study undertaken to quantify the prevalence of self-reported near-miss sleepy driving accidents and their association with self-reported actual driving accidents. The data was gathered at the Dateline NBC News website and results are given on 35,217 (88% of sample) individuals with a mean age of 37.2 (plus or minus13 years) which consisted of 54.8% women, and 87% white persons. The risk of at least one accident increased from 23.2% for people who reported no near-miss sleepy accidents to 44.5% if the respondent report 4 or more near-miss sleepy accidents. Analyses showed that subjects who reported at least one near-miss sleepy accident were 1.13 times as likely to have reported at least one actual accident as subjects reporting no near-miss sleepy accidents. In addition, the summary Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) score had an independent association with having a near-miss or actual accident. The authors conclude that sleepy near-misses may be dangerous precursors to an actual accident. The questionnaire used in the study is appended to the article.
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Authors:
- Powell, Nelson B
- Schechtman, Kenneth B
- Riley, Robert W
- Guilleminault, Christian
- Chiang, Rayleigh Ping-Ying
- Weaver, Edward M
- Publication Date: 2007
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Print
- Features: Appendices; References; Tables;
- Pagination: pp 331-342
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Serial:
- Sleep
- Volume: 30
- Issue Number: 3
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- ISSN: 0161-8105
- EISSN: 1550-9109
- Serial URL: https://academic.oup.com/sleep
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Behavior; Crashes; Daytime crashes; Fatigue (Physiological condition); Near crashes; Prevention; Questionnaires; Risk assessment; Self describing data; Sleep disorders
- Identifier Terms: Epworth Sleepiness Scale
- Uncontrolled Terms: Sleepiness
- Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01054274
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jul 25 2007 7:54AM