Fatigue and drug interaction in fatal-to-the-driver heavy truck crashes.

Author(s)
Sweedler, B.M. Quinlan, K. & Brenner, M.
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Abstract

A year long study by the National Transportation Safety Board of 182 heavy truck crashes in which the driver was fatally injured has found that fatigue was the most frequently cited cause or factor of the crashes. Based on this study, it is clear that fatigue, drugs which are taken to counteract the symptoms of fatigue, and drugs which aggravate fatigue are major factors in causing fatal- to- the- driver heavy truck crashes.

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B 30685 (In: B 30651 S) /83 / IRRD 834931
Source

In: Proceedings of the 34th Annual Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine AAAM, Scottsdale, Arizona, October 1-3, 1990, p. 491-504, 20 ref.

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