This statistic shows how frequently drivers in the United Kingdom carried on driving when too tired between November 2006 and July 2013. A peak of 45 percent of respondents admitted to having driven despite having fatigue in February 2011. The share of respondents who had driven while too tired never fell below 35 percent.
How frequently, if at all, do you carry on driving when too tired?
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Department for Transport (UK). (August 1, 2013). How frequently, if at all, do you carry on driving when too tired? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 23, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/322656/prevalence-of-driver-fatigue-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
Department for Transport (UK). "How frequently, if at all, do you carry on driving when too tired?." Chart. August 1, 2013. Statista. Accessed March 23, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/322656/prevalence-of-driver-fatigue-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
Department for Transport (UK). (2013). How frequently, if at all, do you carry on driving when too tired?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 23, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/322656/prevalence-of-driver-fatigue-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
Department for Transport (UK). "How Frequently, If at All, Do You Carry on Driving When Too Tired?." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Aug 2013, https://www.statista.com/statistics/322656/prevalence-of-driver-fatigue-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
Department for Transport (UK), How frequently, if at all, do you carry on driving when too tired? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/322656/prevalence-of-driver-fatigue-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/ (last visited March 23, 2023)
How frequently, if at all, do you carry on driving when too tired? [Graph], Department for Transport (UK), August 1, 2013. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/322656/prevalence-of-driver-fatigue-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/