According to the Department of Public Safety Missouri State Highway Patrol,
2,658 crashes resulted from driver fatigue in Missouri in 2020. Of those
accidents, 1,677 caused property damage. There were 1,245 physical injuries
and 14 fatalities.
A study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and The
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration found that driver fatigue
contributed to 13 percent of all large truck crashes in the United States. The data also showed that 73 percent of large truck
accidents involved collisions with at least one other vehicle.