Charleston Driver Fatigue Accident Attorney

Driver fatigue is very dangerous condition created when a person is suffering symptoms of fatigue while driving, often resulting from the hypnotic effect of falling asleep at the wheel or so exhausted they made serious and fatal driver fatigue accidents. Driver fatigue becomes even more dangerous in Charleston and Mount Pleasant, where the road are often filled with tourists and commercial truck drivers.

Were you hurt in an accident resulting from driver fatigue? The Clore Law Group LLC has witnessed the damages caused by driver fatigue resulting in a car accident and helped the victims recover damages for the injuries, pain and suffering. The early hours of the morning and the middle of the afternoon are the peak times for driver fatigue accidents.

South Carolina Driver Fatigue Accident Attorney

Tiredness and driver fatigue can often affect your driving ability long before you even notice you’re getting tired. Fatigue related crashes are often more severe than others because driver’s reaction times are delayed or they have failed to make any maneuvers to avoid a crash.

Studies revealed driving for just 80 minutes without a break can make motorists a danger on the roads. They found that drivers who do not take frequent rest stops have slower reactions than those who break up long journeys. A new in-depth on-scene study last year in the Vehicle Safety Division, at Chalmers University of Technology, in Sweden reveals that driver fatigue, slippery roads, and inexperience could be just as important and should be factored into the design of new vehicle safety features.

Stats of Road Crashes Cause by Driver Fatigue

A study conducted by the Adelaide Centre for Sleep Research shown that drivers who have been awake for 24 hours have an equivalent driving performance to a person who has a BAC (blood alcohol content) of 0.1, and is 7 times more likely to have cause a car accident. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has pointed to the significance of sleepiness and driver fatigue as factors in tractor trailer accidents. Summarizing the US Department of Transportation’s investigations into fatigue in the 1990s, the extent of driver fatigue related fatal accidents is estimated to be around 30%.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) estimate that there are 56,000 sleep related road crashes annually in the USA, resulting in 40,000 injuries and 1,550 fatalities. An analysis of road accidents between 1990 and 1992 in North Carolina found 5,104 accidents (0.5%) in which the driver was judged to have fallen asleep. One study calculated that 17% (about 1 million) of road accidents are driver fatigue related. A 1995 study suggested that 2.6% of accidents caused by inattention were due to driver fatigue. A study of road accidents on two of America’s busiest roads indicated that 50% of fatal accidents on those roads were driver fatigue related. Another study claims that 30% – 40% of accidents involving tractor trailers are caused by driver sleepiness.

If you or a loved one was injured in an accident cause by driver fatigue, contact the Clore Law Group LLC to speaking an attorney free of charge.