Literature Review on Health and Fatigue Issues Associated with Commercial Motor Vehicle Driver Hours of Work

TRB’s Commercial Truck and Bus Safety Synthesis Program (CTBSSP) Synthesis 9: Literature Review on Health and Fatigue Issues Associated with Commercial Motor Vehicle Driver Hours of Work examines literature relevant to health and fatigue issues associated with commercial vehicle driver hours of service.  This literature review was specifically requested by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to provide information related to its Hours of Service regulations issued in January 2004.  The report contains a general literature review of the health issues from 1975 to the present, and fatigue issues from January 2004 to present, associated with commercial vehicle driver hours of service.  The report also contains a literature review of references that were cited in response to a related FMCSA January 2005 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.  Strictly a literature review, the report does not contain any conclusions or recommendations.

CTBSSP Synthesis 9 Errata Sheet -- Some citation information and abstracts were inadvertently omitted from CTBSSP Synthesis 9 as published.