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原文传递 Rest Areas: Reducing Accidents Involving Driver Fatigue.

题名：	Rest Areas: Reducing Accidents Involving Driver Fatigue.
作者：	Banerjee, I.; Jang, K.; Lee, J. H.; Pande, S.; Ragland, D.
关键词：	Accident Investigations; Accident Reduction; California; Countermeasures; Driver Fatigue; Highway Safety; Human Factors; Motor Vehicle Accidents; Parking Facilities; Ramps; Rest Areas; Roadsides; Spat
摘要：	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.
报告类型：	科技报告