Dustin Cotliar

Nov 9, 2023 | sleepfoundation.org | Lucy Bryan |Eric Suni |Dustin Cotliar

Skip to contentTable of ContentsDrowsy driving is estimated to be responsible for tens of thousands of car accidents and hundreds of deaths every year in the United States. Although the vast majority of drivers know that drowsy driving is dangerous, many people drive while sleepy at least occasionally, and about a quarter of people admit to doing so one or more times a month. People generally are not good at judging how sleepy they are or how impaired their driving is by drowsiness.