title: The cost of sleep-related accidents: a reanalysis.
abstract: This journal published a special report titled "The Cost of Sleep-Related Accidents: A Report for the National Commission on Sleep Disorders Research". The report estimated that sleep-related accidents were annually associated with 23,318 fatalities, between 1,907,072 and 2,474,430 disabling injuries and costs between $43.15 billion and $56.02 billion. This paper reanalyzes the data base and assumptions underlying these estimates and concludes that they greatly overestimated the probable relationship between sleepiness and accidents. A more moderate estimate of this important relationship is proposed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville 32611, USA.
authors.forename: W B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Webb
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D006801:Humans; D011930:Reaction Time; D012890:Sleep; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000191:economics* / Q000503:physiopathology