Fatigue-related crashes involving express buses in Malaysia: Will the proposed policy of banning the early-hour operation reduce fatigue-related crashes and benefit overall road safety?

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 45, Issue SUPPL., 2012, Pages 45-49

  Mohamed, Norlen ^a   Mohd Yusoff, Mohammad Fadhli ^b   Othman, Ilhamah ^a   Zulkipli, Zarir Hafiz ^a   Osman, Mohd Rasid ^a   Voon, Wong Shaw ^a  

^a Vehicle Safety and Biomechanics Research Centre   (Malaysia)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Decision making; Fatigue related crashes; Impact assessment

Indexed keywords

FATIGUE-RELATED CRASHES; FEASIBLE SOLUTION; HOLISTIC APPROACH; IMPACT ASSESSMENT; IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; LONG JOURNEY; MALAYSIA; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; PASSENGER SAFETY; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS; ROAD SAFETY; TIME OF DAY; WORKING HOURS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; RATING; ROADS AND STREETS;

BUSES;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; DECISION MAKING; FATIGUE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALAYSIA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLE; POLICY; SAFETY; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WORK SCHEDULE;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DECISION MAKING; FATIGUE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; POLICY; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 84855676983     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2011.09.025     Document Type: Article

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