Department of Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA.
Am J Public Health. 2010 Nov;100(11):2213-9. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.187179. Epub 2010 Sep 23.
We examined trends in distracted driving fatalities and their relation to cell phone use and texting volume.
The Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) records data on all road fatalities that occurred on public roads in the United States from 1999 to 2008. We studied trends in distracted driving fatalities, driver and crash characteristics, and trends in cell phone use and texting volume. We used multivariate regression analysis to estimate the relation between state-level distracted driving fatalities and texting volumes.
After declining from 1999 to 2005, fatalities from distracted driving increased 28% after 2005, rising from 4572 fatalities to 5870 in 2008. Crashes increasingly involved male drivers driving alone in collisions with roadside obstructions in urban areas. By use of multivariate analyses, we predicted that increasing texting volumes resulted in more than 16,000 additional road fatalities from 2001 to 2007.
Distracted driving is a growing public safety hazard. Specifically, the dramatic rise in texting volume since 2005 appeared to be contributing to an alarming rise in distracted driving fatalities. Legislation enacting texting bans should be paired with effective enforcement to deter drivers from using cell phones while driving.
我们研究了分心驾驶死亡事故的趋势及其与手机使用和短信发送量的关系。
死亡事故分析报告系统（FARS）记录了 1999 年至 2008 年期间在美国公共道路上发生的所有道路死亡事故的数据。我们研究了分心驾驶死亡事故、驾驶员和碰撞特征的趋势，以及手机使用和短信发送量的趋势。我们使用多元回归分析来估计州级分心驾驶死亡事故与短信发送量之间的关系。
自 1999 年至 2005 年下降后，2005 年后分心驾驶死亡事故增加了 28%，从 2005 年的 4572 起增加到 2008 年的 5870 起。事故越来越多地涉及独自驾驶的男性驾驶员，在城市地区与路边障碍物发生碰撞。通过多元分析，我们预测，2001 年至 2007 年，短信发送量的增加导致了超过 16000 人额外的道路死亡事故。
分心驾驶是一个日益严重的公共安全隐患。具体来说，自 2005 年以来短信发送量的急剧增加似乎导致了分心驾驶死亡事故的惊人上升。应颁布禁止发短信的立法，并配以有效的执行措施，以阻止驾驶员在驾驶时使用手机。
