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JOURNAL OF SLEEP RESEARCH
Volume 10, Issue 2, Pages 105-110Publisher
BLACKWELL SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2869.2001.00248.x
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accidents; age; circadian; driving; fatigue; gender; time of day
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Accident register data, time budget studies and road traffic flow data were used to compute the age and gender-dependent relative risk [odds ratio (OR)] of being involved in a driving accident in which the driver was injured or killed. Alcohol-related accidents were excluded from the analysis. The results showed that the night-time risk, compared with that of the forenoon, was dramatically increased (OR = 5) for young drivers (18-24 years) and reduced for old (65 +) drivers. In direct comparison, the young drivers had 5-10 times higher risk of being involved in an accident during late night than during the forenoon, with the excess risk during the daytime being considerably lower. Women had a less pronounced night-time peak than men. In direct comparison, men had twice as high a risk as women during the late night hours. The results clearly demonstrate a strong effect of young age on night-time accident risk, together with a moderate effect of (male) gender.
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