Fig. 6.

Age Distribution of Crashes in Which Driver Was Not Intoxicated But Judged to Have Been Asleep. Data from 4,333 fall asleep crashes in North Carolina, where standard crash report forms, as mandated by state law, include ‘fatigued’ and ‘asleep’ in driver condition. Data for years 1990-1992, inclusive. In 55% of fall-asleep crashes, driver was age 25 or younger. Peak age of crashes was at age 20 years. Figure and legend reprinted with permission from: Pack AI, Pack AM, Rodgman E, Cucchiara A, Dinges DF, Schwab CW. Accid Anal Prev 27: 769, 1995 (⁶¹).