Though there have been numerous studies regarding the effect of fatigue on traffic collisions, there is still little empirical understanding of how rest areas, which are a countermeasure for fatigue, play a role in fatigue-related freeway collisions. The present study evaluates fatigue collisions from a spatial perspective in an attempt to understand the relationship between rest areas and fatigue collisions. The study first summarized the general characteristics of fatigue-related collisions. Out of 2,203,789 total collisions occurring between 1995 and 2005, fatigue collisions accounted for more than 1.3% (using a strict definition of fatigue) and 9.7% (using an expanded definition) of total collisions in California. Both fatigue and non-fatigue collisions in the vicinity of rest areas in California were then investigated using two different approaches: 1. Spatial analysis on collisions within 10-miles up/downstream of rest areas and 2. Spatial analysis on collisions as a function of distance traveled from rest areas.
Rest Areas: Reducing Accidents Involving Driver Fatigue
2009
328 pages
Report
No indication
English
Road Transportation , Transportation Safety , Transportation & Traffic Planning , Transportation , Driver fatigue , Accident reduction , Rest areas , Accident investigations , California , Countermeasures , Highway safety , Human factors , Motor vehicle accidents , Parking facilities , Ramps , Roadsides , Spatial analysis , Truck drivers
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