Horne J A, Reyner L A
Department of Human Sciences, Loughborough University, Leicestershire.
BMJ. 1995 Mar 4;310(6979):565-7. doi: 10.1136/bmj.310.6979.565.
To assess the incidence, time of day, and driver morbidity associated with vehicle accidents where the most likely cause was the driver falling asleep at the wheel.
Two surveys were undertaken, in southwest England and the midlands, by using police databases or on the spot interviews.
Drivers involved in 679 sleep related vehicle accidents.
Of all vehicle accidents to which the police were summoned, sleep related vehicle accidents comprised 16% on major roads in southwest England, and over 20% on midland motorways. During the 24 hour period there were three major peaks: at around 0200, 0600, and 1600. About half these drivers were men under 30 years; few such accidents involved women.
Sleep related vehicle accidents are largely dependent on the time of day and account for a considerable proportion of vehicle accidents, especially those on motorways and other monotonous roads. As there are no norms for the United Kingdom on road use by age and sex for time of day with which to compare these data, we cannot determine what the hourly exposure v risk factors are for these subgroups. The findings are in close agreement with those from other countries.
评估最可能原因是驾驶员在方向盘上睡着的车辆事故的发生率、发生时间以及驾驶员的发病情况。
在英格兰西南部和中部地区进行了两项调查，采用警方数据库或现场访谈的方式。
涉及679起与睡眠相关的车辆事故的驾驶员。
在警方接到报警的所有车辆事故中，与睡眠相关的车辆事故在英格兰西南部的主要道路上占16%，在中部地区的高速公路上超过20%。在24小时期间有三个主要高峰：大约在02:00、06:00和16:00。这些驾驶员中约一半是30岁以下的男性；此类事故很少涉及女性。
与睡眠相关的车辆事故在很大程度上取决于一天中的时间，并且在车辆事故中占相当大的比例，尤其是在高速公路和其他单调道路上的事故。由于英国没有按年龄和性别划分的一天中不同时间道路使用的规范来与这些数据进行比较，我们无法确定这些亚组每小时的暴露与风险因素是什么。这些发现与其他国家的发现非常一致。
