Longer sequences of consecutive night shifts may reduce the likelihood of crashing while driving home from work

Shiftworkers are much more likely to have a crash driving home after a night shift than other drivers on the road at the same time. The aim of this study was to examine the likelihood of crashing during the post-work commute at the start, middle, and end of a week of night shifts. Given that prior wake is longest at the end of the first night shift compared to the others, it was hypothesised that the likelihood of crashing would be greatest at the start of the week of night shifts.