Prevent fatigue-related crashes
November 3, 2025
This month’s road safety goal is to prevent crashes that involve driver fatigue. Choose one or more of the following activities to help you reach that goal, using the recommended resources.
Basic
- Educate managers, supervisors, and drivers about the signs of fatigue: Impacts, causes and warning signs
- Hold a tailgate meeting to discuss the risks of driving while fatigued, what causes fatigue, and what drivers can do to avoid it: What drivers can do
- Encourage employees to raise fatigue-related issues with supervisors or managers. Ask them about times they’ve felt fatigued behind the wheel.
Better
- Include fatigue in your driving risk assessment and watch our one-hour webinar or brief excerpts to learn practical methods for managing it, including an employer case study: Reducing the Risks of Driver Fatigue Webinar
- Train drivers how to adjust seats, head restraints, foot position, and mirrors before they start on their trip: Preparing your vehicle
Best
- Develop a fatigue management policy or review your existing one with drivers and ask what questions they have: Impairment Policy Template
- Use journey management and trip planning to help reduce the risk of a fatigued driver getting behind the wheel: Journey Management and Trip Planning Tool Kit
- Learn how to plan and implement a fatigue risk management system: North American Fatigue Management Program
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