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Table 3. Perce~ztage of CDS Crashes bwoh-ing baattentio~~-Distr•acti.or~ <br />Related Crash Causes <br />• <br />Event b ai <br />Qrirers ~ of <br />Gras6es <br />.~`a~'e t+r t~oi distsasz~l 4b.b°.s 28.4'% <br />Lookr~1 but crld not see S.b% 9.79b <br />Distracted by other accupar}t [ ed] i7.~ % l.b % <br />Dish ls~ Wining abj~t itl vehicle (sprcxned} 4.3% fl.59o <br />Dis~ac.ed while dialatag, tali, er listeatitlg so celitdsr <br />pl}~t;e jiocation_atld type of phi spetifiedJ fl.l %~ t3,,t %{d1 <br />Bisrracxed while adjnsvrtg ~ coarrofs fl.,2 ot~ Q.3 %i~ <br />Dishes while . g tarfia, car~tt, CI3 [sPxlfred~ i.29a 2.1 % <br />Distracted while using atiser devitc~3ubj:;;t irl uehicle <br />del a.l % D.2~ <br />Sleegy ar feIl asleep ~ i .5 % Z.b ~S <br />Disxrac~ by outside person, object, ar eueut j~pe:.lfredJ 2.t3'~n 3.2 % <br />.,atiag nr ririnkir~ 4.1 % Q.2% <br />mokt~g-related £1.1 % 0.2 % <br />Distrac•.tatlfialat#clttive, details unknown ! S % 2.5 ~ <br />tether distaac+aan ~specifiea~ ? .3 % 2.2% <br />Unketawxs/No Driver 38.596 45.O;b <br />srcc~~w a~.xvcr ~ = v.uto,uw ia,:w~. tss~.wa~.ea~; 4rctglttea ctts4s ty = S.fl l'3rWU j+F,336); <br />In ODvei {ar a Giaa'h m dasslf7ed "EIIE~SfiL,~ ~ i,-tvflived $nect §ed sc be class'tfred'attemiva." <br />~ - esclaate based on SA cascx.. <br />University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center <br />The Role of Driver Distraction in Traffic Crashes (Stuffs et ai., 2001)19 <br />A study prepared by the Universii}~ of Nol-th Carolina High«~ay Safety Research Center <br />for the AAA Foundation for .Traffic Safety examined the sources of driver distraction in <br />.traffic crashes. The data came from the CDS -from 1995-1999. Of the thirteen specific <br />sources of distraction tracked by the study, the greatest source of distraction «~as an <br />outside person, object or event. While the study does not break do~~~n the sources of <br />outside distraction, it does show.fllat distractions outside the vehicle are the largest factor <br />in distraction-related crashes. The results of this study are presented in Table 4. <br />Table 4. Speci fi.c Soul•ces o f Distraction Anao~7a Drivers i» Dist~•actio~a-Related Crashes <br />Specific Distraction Percentage of <br />Drivers <br />Outside person, object or event 29.4 <br />Adjustu7g radio,-cassette, CD I ] 1.4 <br />Other occupant. in velucle 10.9 - <br />Moving object ui velvcle 4.3 <br />Other device/object brought into vehicle i 2.9 <br />Adjusting vehicle/clunate controls . 2.8 <br />Eating or drinking 1.7 <br />Usu~Q/dialing cell phone I ] .5 <br />Smoking related 0.9 <br />Other distraction ~, 25.6 <br />Unknown distraction 'i 8.6 <br />Total ' 100.0 <br />X115 <br />-223- <br />