Safety Flash
Vehicle incident – driver tiredness
Vehicle incident – driver tiredness
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 26/23
- FatigueHuman FactorsVehicles and Driving
- Fatigue
- Vehicles and driving
- Fatigue managementJourney managementPositive retention and reliable securing
Summary
A company vehicle returning from a project site struck a stationary police vehicle after its tired driver continued towards a scheduled rest stop. A passenger suffered arm and nose injuries when the airbag deployed. The flash highlights driver changes, fatigue awareness, journey management, passenger vigilance and securing luggage and laptops.
Classifications: Fatigue; worker fatigue; alertness impairment.
Classifications: Vehicles and driving; driving; road transport.
Classifications: Fatigue management.
Classifications: Journey management.
Classifications: Positive retention and reliable securing.
Summary
Vehicle drifted onto hard shoulder and crashed into the back of a stationary police vehicle
IMCA SF 26/23. Themes: fatigue, human factors, vehicles and driving.