The relationship between fatigue, sleepiness and crash risk while driving

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/568855

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Driver fatigue is a major road safety problem that is currently managed by encouraging drivers to take breaks when they feel tired. Unfortunately we dont know whether drivers really are able to detect when they are too tired to drive safely or, if they can make this judgement, whether and what motivates them to stop driving. This research will look at driver awareness of fatigue effects and what indicators and motivators can be used to encourage them to respond to signs of impaired driving.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2009

End Date: 01-01-2015

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $444,070.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Agricultural economics

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

Accident prevention | Accidental Injury | Fatigue | Injury prevention | Prolonged fatigue | Sleep | arousal | road safety | sleep deprivation | sleepiness

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