CDC Science Clips, Vol. 7, Issue 9, March 3, 2015

CDC Science Clips, Vol. 7, Issue 9, March 3, 2015

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This week, Science Clips is pleased to collaborate with CDC Vital Signs by featuring citations from the March 2015 Vital Signs issue on Trucker Safety (www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns). Those citations marked with an asterisk are articles which may be of particular interest to clinicians and public health professionals seeking background information in this area.

The full issue of Science Clips, posted at http://www.cdc.gov/library/sciclips/issues/ also includes CDC-authored publications.

CDC Vital Signs - Motor Vehicle Safety

       1.        *Commercial motor vehicle driver safety belt usage
Bergoffen G, Knipling RR, Tidwell SA, Short JB, Krueger GP, Inderbitzen RE, Reagle G, Murray DC.
Washington, DC: Transportation Research Board. 2005; available at http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/156055.aspx.

       2.        *Safety management for heavy vehicle transport: a review of the literatureMooren L, Grzebieta R, Williamson A, Olivier J, Friswell R.
Saf Sci. 2014;62:79-89.

       3.        Obesity and other risk factors: the National Survey of U.S. Long-Haul Truck Driver Health and Injury
Sieber WK, Robinson CF, Birdsey J, Chen GX, Hitchcock EM, Lincoln JE, Nakata A, Sweeney MH.
Am J Ind Med. 2014 Jun;57(6):615-26.

       4.        Vital Signs: nonfatal, motor vehicle-occupant injuries (2009) and seat belt use (2008) among adults - United States
Beck LF, West BA.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011 Jan 7;59(51):1681-6.

       5.        2014 pocket guide to large truck and bus statistics
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration .
Washington, DC: Department of Transportation, FMCSA. 2014; available at http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/safety/research-and-analysis/2014-pocket-guide-large-truck-and-bus-statistics.

       6.        Large truck and bus crash facts 2012
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration .
Washington, DC: Department of Transportation, FMCSA. 2014; available at http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/safety/data-and-statistics/large-truck-and-bus-crash-facts-2012.

       7.        Commercial motor vehicle safety belt facts
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration .
Washington, DC: Department of Transportation, FMCSA. 2014; available at [PDF]http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/sites/fmcsa.dot.gov/files/docs/Safety_Belt%20Factsheet_508.pdf.

       8.        Increasing safety belt use in your company
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration .
Washington, DC: Department of Transportation, FMCSA; (FMCSA-ESO-06-0011). 2006; available athttp://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/safety/safety-belt/increasing-safety-belt-use-your-company-manual.

       9.        Safety belt countermeasures study final report
Bahouth G, Langston EA, McKnight AJ, Zaloshjna E, Robin J.
Washington, DC: Department of Transportation; FMCSA (FMCSA-RRR-07_029). 2007; available at [PDF]http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/51000/51300/51347/Safety-Belt-Technology-Countermeasures-Study-Final-Report-Dec2007.pdf.

    10.        Lives saved in 2012 by restraint use and minimum drinking age laws
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration .
Washington, DC: US Department of Transportation, NHTSA. Publication no. DOT-HS-811-851. 2013; available at [PDF] http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pubs/811851.pdf.