Citation

Hogge J, Sherlock G, Edwards C, Wood J, Vernicos A, Chu D, Hughes A. Proc. Australas. Road Safety Res. Policing Educ. Conf. 2002; 6(2): 85-90.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, copyright holder varies, Publisher Monash University)

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Abstract

This study focuses on motor vehicle accidents occurring on journeys of under two hours in duration (driver fatigue over short distances) and the possible contribution of changes in driving environment (transitional driving) to this phenomenon. The study was conducted as two separate components, a statistical and an empirical analysis. The empirical, survey based component points towards a lack of understanding on two levels; firstly, the possibility of fatigue related crashes occurring at all on journeys of under two hours, and secondly, knowledge of the impact changes in road environment have on concentration levels. The statistical research uses contemporary mapping of crash data and highlights the occurrence of accidents where fatigue is a factor happening within the controllers own Local Government Area (LGA). The aim of the study is to firstly identify the occurrence of fatigue related accidents over short distance, and secondly, to reveal some of the contributing factors.