Factors Associated with Fatigue Among Truck Drivers

Abstract

Fatigue is a significant dominating risk factor for transport workers, especially for long-distance truck drivers. Fatigued driving can easily lead to decreasing the drivers' judgment ability, slow reaction, and an increase of operational errors, and as well as increased probability of road traffic accidents. This study's aim is to identify the current evidence of risk factors contributing to fatigue for truck drivers. A literature search was made in 2021 and included articles back to the last ten years. All the factors can be divided into three aspects: demographics, workrelated and driver-related factors. The results showed that fatigue was closely related to travel-based payment, long shift, long-distance travel, and lack of sleep. However, conflicting results were found in terms of age and smoking. Therefore, more research is needed.

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“…According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, around 100,000 police-reported drowsy-driving crashes occur yearly in the United States, resulting in roughly 800 fatalities and approximately 50,000 injuries ( 3 ). As per official data from the United States, truck drivers are more prone to fatigue than other drivers in the 120,000 nationwide fatal and catastrophic traffic accidents, with driving fatigue accounting for 13% of truck incidents ( 4 ). In Malaysia, the Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (MIROS) found that fatigue is one of the leading causes of vehicle, truck, and bus accidents ( 5 ).…”