Rest Areas - Reducing Accidents Involving Driver Fatigue

Collisions in the vicinity of rest areas in California were investigated using two different approaches: 1. 10-miles up/downstream of rest areas 2. Distance traveled from rest areas. Sample t-tests indicated that both fatigue and non-fatigue collisions decreased statistically significantly downstream of rest areas. Collisions due to fatigue tended to decrease immediately downstream of rest areas, then climbed after about 30 miles from rest areas, while non-fatigue collisions remained the same. Binomial tests confirmed that the percentage of fatigue collisions further than 30 miles from rest areas was significantly higher. The study also compared ramps at rest areas to other ramps and found that trucks were the primary vehicle type involved in rest area ramp collisions. The study also explored the growth of informal rest areas: shoulders frequented by truck drivers when other safe stopping opportunities do not exist. The study analyzed collision rates at informal rest area ramps and determined that the rates were high

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  University of California, Berkeley

  Berkeley, CA  United States  94720-1720

  University of California, Berkeley

  California PATH Program, Institute of Transportation Studies
  Richmond Field Station, 1357 South 46th Street
  Richmond, CA  United States  94804-4648

  California Department of Transportation

  1120 N Street
  Sacramento, CA  United States  95814

  University of California, Berkeley

  Traffic Safety Center, 2614 Dwight Way
  Berkeley, CA  United States  94720-7374
• Authors:
  • Banerjee, Ipsita
  • Lee, Joon ho
  • Jang, Kitae
  • Pande, Swati
  • Ragland, David R
• Publication Date: 2009-5-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 318p
• Serial:
  • PATH Research Report
  • Publisher: University of California, Berkeley
  • ISSN: 1055-1425

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash causes; Crash rates; Fatigue (Physiological condition); Highway safety; Interchange ramps; Literature reviews; Parking; Road shoulders; Roadside rest areas; Spatial analysis; Truck drivers
• Geographic Terms: California
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01163730
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Report/Paper Numbers: UCB-ITS-PRR-2010-15, CA09/1092
• Contract Numbers: 65A0208-6220
• Files: CALTRANS, TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jul 22 2010 3:01PM