At the intersection: Sleep disorders, shift work and young driver safety. Young workers are highly vulnerable to road safety accidents and fatalities. Two key factors that likely contribute to accid

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At the intersection: Sleep disorders, shift work and young driver safety. Young workers are highly vulnerable to road safety accidents and fatalities. Two key factors that likely contribute to accidents are high prevalence in young drivers of shift work (>25%) and sleep disorders (>20%). This combined burden is rarely considered and represents a blind spot in understanding of young driver safety risks. This project will investigate the interplay between transition to shift work, sleep disorders and road safety for young drivers. Through this, I will provide a clearer understanding of decisions to drive drowsy, relationships with road safety incidents and protective factors to target. I will design interventions to help reduce the $147M of social costs attributable to drowsy driving fatalities in young drivers . Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award. Field: 5299 - Other Psychology. Lead: A/Prof Amy Reynolds