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.


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    Title :

    Rest Areas: Reducing Accidents Involving Driver Fatigue


    Contributors:
    I. Banerjee (author) / J. H. Lee (author) / K. Jang (author) / S. Pande (author) / D. Ragland (author)

    Publication date :

    2009


    Size :

    328 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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