An analysis of driving and working hour on commercial motor vehicle driver safety using naturalistic data collection

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 58, Issue , 2013, Pages 249-258

  Soccolich, Susan A ^a   Blanco, Myra ^a   Hanowski, Richard J ^a   Olson, Rebecca L ^a   Morgan, Justin F ^a   Guo, Feng ^a   Wu, Shih Ching ^a  

^a VIRGINIA TECH TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Commercial motor vehicle; Field study; Hours of service; Naturalistic driving; Time on task; Truck safety

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; SAFETY ENGINEERING; TRUCK DRIVERS; TRUCKS; VEHICLES;

COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES; FIELD STUDIES; HOURS OF SERVICES; NATURALISTIC DRIVING; TIME ON TASKS; TRUCK SAFETY;

COMMERCIAL VEHICLES;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIELD STUDY; HOURS-OF-SERVICE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLE; NATURALISTIC DRIVING; SAFETY; STATISTICS; TIME-ON-TASK; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TRUCK SAFETY; WORK SCHEDULE; YOUNG ADULT; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE; FIELD STUDY; HOURS-OF-SERVICE; NATURALISTIC DRIVING; TIME-ON-TASK; TRUCK SAFETY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGED; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; SAFETY; TRANSPORTATION; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897307926     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2012.06.024     Document Type: Article

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