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ENT15: Sleepiness at the wheel

Status and results

FR, NO, SE and NL have launched a trans-national call in February 2008 with a total budget of 1,700,000 €. The call was closed in May 2008 and the funded projects have started in 2008. The kick-off meeting gathered research teams and programme managers on October 14th 2008 in the Hague.

Facts about the cooperation:

Countries Involved: France, Norway, The Netherlands and Sweden
Launch of call: February 2008
Funding budget: 1,330,000 €
No of projects funded: 3
Start of projects: September 2008

Call: Sleepiness at the wheel (26.02.08)

A final workshop to present the outcome of the cooperation will take place on 10 May 2011 in Bordeaux as part of the "Carrefour à mi-parcours du Predit" (Midterm Predit Conference). Please refer for details to the agenda of the workshop.

Background and contents

Sleepiness at the wheel and attention disorders have been identified as major risks factors, which have to be quickly faced with preventive actions. Excessive sleepiness due to sleep deprivation, sleep disorders or iatrogenic effects, is responsible of 20% of traffic accidents and 2/3 of truck accidents on motorway. Drugs affecting driving skills are involved in 10% of road accidents. People taking medication are in average 2 fold more likely to have an accident.

Key ideas and objectives

The main idea of the project is to fight behavioural and organic sleepiness and attention disorders at the wheel and reduce road crashes linked to these symptoms. This action will be effective through experimental scientific research but also by raising public awareness thanks to informative campaigns which will be constructed from the research findings.