Risk groups
- Conclusions
- Drivers with sleep-breathing disorders
- Professional and truck drivers
- Shift workers
- Young drivers
Risk groups
Specific groups of drivers engage more frequently in fatigued driving and thus have a higher risk of being involved in a fatigue-related crash. According to reviews, groups of drivers that have a higher risk to be involved in a fatigue-related crash are young drivers (< 25 years); professional drivers; long-distance drivers; shift workers; drivers with sleeping disorders [75]. Below we focus on risks and circumstances for several risk groups:
The section about risk groups is closed of with final Conclusions.