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Rebecca Voelker

JAMA. 2000;283:470.

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People who work the night shift, long hours, or more than one job are at increased risk of being in a vehicular crash, according to a new study that specifically examined crashes in which the driver was fatigued or fell asleep at the wheel.

Researchers at the University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center studied police reports and drivers' records. Their analysis included telephone interviews with 467 drivers who were in recent sleep-related crashes, 529 who were in crashes that weren't sleep-related, and 407 who had not been in a crash in the last 3 years.

The researchers found that drivers in sleep-related crashes were four to five times more likely to work night-shift jobs and almost twice as likely to work more than one job as those in the control crash group. Of drivers in sleep-related crashes, 27% worked more than 60 hours a week compared . . . [Full Text of this Article]