Fatigue safety topic information sheet

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Safety strategy, supporting research, countermeasures and future focus
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There is no universally accepted definition of what constitutes driver fatigue. However, the National Road Safety Action Plan defines fatigue as a loss of alertness that reduces human performance and may or may not end up in sleep or micro-sleeps (National Road Safety Action Plan 2018-20).

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