Highlights ► The study measured the amount of sleepiness risk factors in diurnal car accidents. ► 253 drivers involved in diurnal accidents were interviewed next the accident. ► 12.3% of the drivers reported at least one of the sleepiness risk factors. ► Sleepiness risk factors were more evident in specific diurnal car accidents.

    Abstract This study was intended to estimate the presence and number of individual sleep-related risk factors in a sample of diurnal car accidents and to analyze the extent to which these risk factors tended to be more represented in diurnal accidents involving only one vehicle, involving young drivers or occurring on non-urban roads. Two hundred fifty-three drivers involved in diurnal accidents were interviewed immediately after the accidents to assess their sleepiness-related personal conditions and the circumstances prior to the accident (i.e., individual sleep-related risk factors), such as poor sleep, changes in habitual sleeping patterns, prolonged wakefulness, self-reported acute sleepiness and daytime sleepiness, night-shift jobs and insomnia. A total of 12.3% of the drivers were classified as having at least one of the seven risk factors assessed in the study, supporting the general notion that drivers’ sleepiness conditions are crucial, even in diurnal driving circumstances in which they are less likely to depend on chrono-biological processes. Furthermore, consistent with the guiding hypotheses, specific sleep-related risk factors were more evident in single (vs. multiple) car accidents, among young drivers and in car accidents occurring on non-urban roads. In summary, sleep-related risk factors seemed to have a negative impact on drivers’ safety in circumstances of diurnal driving, especially when the accidents involved young individuals and occurred on non-urban roads.


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    Title :

    The contributions of sleep-related risk factors to diurnal car accidents


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    Publication date :

    2012-11-11


    Size :

    6 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English





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