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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Driver Inattention: A Contributing Factor to Crashes and Near-Crashes
Contributor:
Klauer, Sheila G.;
Neale, Vicki L.;
Dingus, Thomas A.;
Ramsey, David;
Sudweeks, Jeremy
Published:
SAGE Publications, 2005
Published in:
Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 49 (2005) 22, Seite 1922-1926
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1177/154193120504902208
ISSN:
2169-5067;
1071-1813
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
Driver distraction, or inattention, has been receiving wide media attention recently as many state legislatures are considering various levels of restricting cell phone use. Research has been conducted using a variety of experimental methods to determine the level of risk associated with driving inattention. While most of this research suggests that inattention impairs driving, there have been no studies to directly link driving inattention to crashes. Data from the 100-Car Naturalistic Driving Study, an instrumented vehicle study for which data was collected on 100 drivers in the Washington, DC metropolitan area for 12 months, were used in the following analyses. Crashes and near-crashes were identified in the data using post-hoc triggers based upon driving performance metrics, (i.e. hard braking). Results suggest that inattention contributed to 78% of all crashes collected over the 12 month data collection period.