title: Driver fatigue and road safety on Poland's national roads.
abstract: This paper presents an overview of factors causing driver fatigue as described in the literature. Next, a traffic crash database for 2003-2007 is used to identify the causes, circumstances and consequences of accidents caused by driver fatigue on Poland's national roads. The results of the study were used to build a model showing the relationship between the concentration of road accidents and casualties, and the time of day. Finally, the level of relative accident risk at night-time versus daytime is defined. A map shows the risk of death and severe injury on the network of Poland's national roads. The paper suggests to road authorities steps to reduce fatigue-related road accidents in Poland.
authors.affiliation: Department of Highway Engineering, Gdańsk University of Technology, Gdańsk, Poland. kjamroz@pg.gda.pl.
authors.forename: Kazimierz
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jamroz
authors.forename: Leszek
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Smolarek
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000517:prevention & control*; D001334:Automobile Driving; D005221:Fatigue / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D011044:Poland; D012307:Risk Factors