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home / centre for automotive safety research / Publications / List / Details Publication Details| Title | Sleepiness and road crashes: Challenges of definition and measurement | | Authors | Grigo JAL, Baldock MRJ | | Year | 2011 | | Type | Report | | Abstract | This report provides a literature review of the topic of sleepiness and driving. Topics covered include the prevalence of sleepy driving, the difficulty of defining and measuring sleepiness-related crashes, the effects of sleepiness on laboratory measures related to driving performance, the effects of sleepiness on driving performance as measured by driving simulators or on-road studies, and issues related to the measurement of sleepiness (both subjectively-reported and objective measures). Recommendations for countermeasures and future research are made. | | Report Number | CASR082 | | Publisher | Centre for Automotive Safety Research | | Publisher City | Adelaide | | Sponsor | Department for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure (SA) | | ISBN | 978 1 921645 19 8 | | ISSN | 1449-2237 | | Page Count | 37 |
| Reference | | Grigo JAL, Baldock MRJ (2011). Sleepiness and road crashes: Challenges of definition and measurement (CASR082). Adelaide: Centre for Automotive Safety Research. |
| Files Available for Download | | CASR082.pdf | Published report |
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