Driving behaviors associated with emergency service vehicle crashes in the U.S. fire service.

CONCLUSIONS: Harsh braking and excessive speeding were driving behaviors most associated with crash in the fire service. Telematics may be a useful tool for monitoring driver safety in the fire service.
PMID: 30605007 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Traffic Injury Prevention - January 3, 2019 Category: Accident Prevention Authors: Bui DP, Hu C, Jung AM, Pollack Porter KM, Griffin SC, French DD, Crothers S, Burgess JL Tags: Traffic Inj Prev Source Type: research