1 IN 5 SERIOUS CAR ACCIDENTS CAUSED BY SLEEP DEPRIVATION
17 March 2023 - 5:30PM
1 IN 5 SERIOUS CAR ACCIDENTS CAUSED BY SLEEP DEPRIVATION
- Less than 4 hours of sleep in a 24-hour period means a 15 times
increased risk of causing a car accident.
- 24 hours of no sleep or a week of 4-5 hours of sleep per night
equals 1.0 blood alcohol level (4 glasses). This is twice the
amount allowed by law.
- The highest risk of falling asleep at the wheel: young adults,
between midnight and 6 a.m. and in the case of untreated sleep
disorders.
- Beter Bed develops online training modules with doctor and
sleep coach Aline Kruit.
- Beter Bed launches the Better Sleep app.
Sleeping badly causes more problems than
many people are aware of. Besides having a negative effect on
health, lack of sleep has the same effect in traffic as drinking
alcohol. 20 per cent of serious car accidents could have been
prevented if drivers had rested properly before taking the
wheel. Beter Bed Holding N.V. (BBH) has focused
for years on improving sleep as part of its Sleep better, live
better brand promise. With that in mind, the sleep specialist
released a sleep manifesto earlier this year and is working with
numerous experts, both Dutch and foreign, in the field of
sleep. Today is the International Day of Sleep.
Reason for the Beter Bed formula
to draw attention to road safety in combination with the importance
of a good night’s sleep. To illustrate the effect of too little
sleep on driving, racing driver Tom Coronel did a
test drive in a simulator after 24 hours without
sleep. Sleep scientist Merijn van de Laar concluded that focused
attention and concentration decreased significantly after 24 hours
without sleep.
For the complete version of the press release and the English
subtitle of Tom Coronel's test drive, please click on the link
under attachment.
Press photos can be downloaded here.
- Press release 17-03-2023
- Beter Bed test drive Tom Coronel (English subtitle)
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