Commercial motor vehicle driver fatigue, long-term health, and highway safety : research needs / Panel on Research Methodologies and Statistical Approaches to Understanding Driver Fatigue Factors in Motor Carrier Safety and Driver Health, Committee on National Statistics and Board on Human-Systems Integration, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, and Transportation Research Board, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Panel on Research Methodologies and Statistical Approaches to Understanding Driver Fatigue Factors in Motor Carrier Safety and Driver Health, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Truck driving--Physiological aspects--Research--United States.

Truck driving.

Truck drivers--Health and hygiene--Research--United States.

Truck drivers.

Drowsy driving--Research--United States.

Drowsy driving.

Truck driving--United States--Safety measures.

Industrial safety.

Research.

Truck drivers--Health and hygiene.

Truck driving--Physiological aspects.

United States.

Physical Description:

xvii, 252 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : The National Academies Press, [2016]

Summary:

There are approximately 4,000 fatalities in crashes involving trucks and buses in the United States each year. Though estimates are wide-ranging, possibly 10 to 20 percent of these crashes might have involved fatigued drivers. The stresses associated with their particular jobs (irregular schedules, etc.) and the lifestyle that many truck and bus drivers lead, puts them at substantial risk for insufficient sleep and for developing short- and long-term health problems. Commercial Motor Vehicle Driver Fatigue, Long-Term Health and Highway Safety assesses the state of knowledge about the relationship of such factors as hours of driving, hours on duty, and periods of rest to the fatigue experienced by truck and bus drivers while driving and the implications for the safe operation of their vehicles. This report evaluates the relationship of these factors to drivers (TM) health over the longer term, and identifies improvements in data and research methods that can lead to better understanding in both areas.

Contents:

1 Introduction 17

Study Context 19

Data Limitations 22

Organization of the Report 24

Part I Background

2 The Trucking and Bus Industries 27

The Trucking Industry 28

Working Conditions and Pay of a Truck Driver 34

The Bus Industry 36

Working Conditions and Pay of a Bus Driver 38

Attitudes in the Trucking and Bus Industries Toward Fatigue and Health and Wellness Programs 39

Demographic and Health Information on Truck and Bus Drivers 40

3 Consequences of Fatigue from Insufficient Sleep 43

Work-Related Insufficient Sleep in Commercial Motor Vehicle Drivers 44

Methods for Reducing Fatigue 47

Conclusion 49

4 Hours-of-Service Regulations 51

Background 51

Definitions 52

Previous and Current Hours-of-Service Regulations 53

Hours-of-Service Regulations in Canada and Mexico 57

Part II Current Research Data and Methods

5 Data Sources 61

Outcomes and Predictors 61

Publicly Available Commercial Motor Vehicle Crash Databases 62

Large Truck Crash Causation Study (LTCCS) Database 66

Data on Vehicle-Miles Traveled 68

Research- or Study-Based Data Sets 69

Proprietary Data 75

Other Data Sources 77

Needed Information on Operational Characteristics of the Trucking and Bus Industries 80

Potential New Data Sources 83

Advantages and Limitations of Available Data Sources 85

6 Research Methodology and Principles: Assessing Causality 87

Definition of Causal Effect 89

Drawing Inferences and Standardizing Crash Counts 90

Role of Randomized Controlled Trials 92

Observational Studies 93

Part III Current Research Findings

7 Fatigue, Hours of Service, and Highway Safety 107

Introduction to Assessment of the Role of Fatigue in Increasing the Risk of Truck and Bus Crashes 109

Research on Fatigue, Hours of Service, and Risk of Commercial Motor Vehicle Crashes 111

Research Needs 125

8 Fatigue and Health and Wellness 131

Linkages between Fatigue and Health 131

Medical Certification of the Health of CMV Drivers 133

Obstructive Sleep Apnea 134

Other Medical Conditions 143

Lifestyle Factors and CMV Drivers' Health 144

Current Fatigue and Health and Wellness Management Programs for CMV Drivers 147

9 Technological Countermeasures for and Corporate Management of Fatigue 153

Technological Approaches for Detecting and Managing Operator Fatigue 154

Systems Designed to Mitigate the Effects of Fatigue 160

Fatigue Management Programs 167

Importance of Safety Culture 168

Part IV Research Directions

10 Research Directions for Fatigue and Highway Safety 173

Collection of Survey Data on CMV Drivers 179

Data Available from Vehicles 182

Other Data Sources 186

Some Key Research Questions 190

Methodological Issues 191

Statistical Issues 199

Concluding Remarks 202

11 Research Directions for Studying the Impact of Fatigue on Commercial Motor Vehicle Drivers' Health and Wellness 203

A Framework for Assessing Factors Related to Driver Health and Wellness 204

The Need for an Ongoing Survey of Commercial Motor Vehicle Drivers 204

Obstructive Sleep Apnea 208

Utility of Commercial Driver Medical Examination (CDME) Data 212

The Need for Research on Drug Use and Driving Performance 213

Research Directions for Evaluation of Health and Wellness Programs 214.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-244).

ISBN:

9780309392525

0309392527

OCLC:

950957815