Sleep Deprived People More Likely To Have Car Crashes
Sumaira FH Published September 19, 2018 | 10:48 AM
People who have slept for less than seven in 24 hours have higher odds of being involved in car crashes. The risk is greatest for drivers who have slept fewer than four hours, according to a new study.
ISLAMABAD, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 19th Sep, 2018 ) :People who have slept for less than seven in 24 hours have higher odds of being involved in car crashes. The risk is greatest for drivers who have slept fewer than four hours, according to a new study.
While the dangers of driving drowsy were already well known, this is the first peer-reviewed study to quantify the relationship between how much a driver has slept and his or her risk of being responsible for a crash.
For this new study present in the journal- Sleep, researchers analysed data from a previous study by the US Department of Transportation, which involved in-depth investigations of a sample of 5,470 crashes, including interviews with the drivers involved.
The researchers here found that drivers who reported fewer than four hours of sleep had 15.1 times the odds of responsibility for car crashes, compared with drivers who slept for the recommended seven to nine hours in the preceding 24-hour period.
Researchers involved in the study also discovered that drivers who reported six, five, and four hours of sleep in the past 24 hours had 1.3, 1.9 and 2.9 times the odds of responsibility for a crash, respectively, compared with a driver who slept for seven to nine hours.
Drivers who reported less than four hours of sleep had a particularly elevated risk of single-vehicle crashes, which are more likely to result in injury or death. Drivers who had changed their sleep or work schedule in the past week and drivers who had been driving for 3 hours or longer without a break were also found to be at increased risk.
Study author Brian Tefft said, "Being awake isn't the same as being alert. Falling asleep isn't the only risk. Even if they manage to stay awake, sleep-deprived drivers are still at increased risk of making mistakes, like failing to notice something important, or misjudging a gap in traffic, which can have tragic consequences."
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