Heavy Vehicle Study
Aim
To identify the role played by key risk factors such as sleepiness/fatigue, sleep apnea, scheduling and payment in precipitating a heavy vehicle crash. The study will identify cost-effective strategies to improve safety within the heavy vehicle industry.
Method
The study design is a population based case-control study with the cases being drivers of heavy vehicles who are involved in police-attended crashes in NSW, Western Australia and Queensland over the three year study period.
Status/Results
Funding for the project has been obtained.
Institute Investigators
- Rebecca Ivers
- Robyn Norton
- Mark Stevenson
- Jane Elkington
Collaborators
- Australia Transport Safety Bureau
- DiagnoseIT
- National Transport Commission
- New South Wales Police
- New South Wales Roads and Traffic Authority
- Queensland Transport
- University of Technology
- University of New South Wales