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Additional searches included websites of relevant organizations, reference lists of included studies, and issues of major injury journals published within the past 5 years.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Inclusion criteria:<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Studies were included if they investigated work-related traffic crashes or related injuries or deaths as the outcome, measured any potential risk factor for work-related road traffic crash as an exposure, included a relevant comparison group, and were written in English.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Included studies were critically appraised using the GATE-lite critical appraisal form (<jats:ext-link xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" ext-link-type=\"uri\" xlink:href=\"www.epiq.co.nz\" xlink:type=\"simple\">www.epiq.co.nz<\/jats:ext-link>). Meta-analysis was not attempted because of the heterogeneity of the included studies.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Findings:<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Of 25 studies identified, three of four robust (case\u2013control and case-crossover) studies found an increased injury risk (i) among workers after extended shifts, (ii) for tractor-trailers with brake and steering defects, and (iii) for \u201cdouble configuration\u201d trucks. The fourth study showed that alcohol and drug use were not risk factors in an industry with a random testing policy. The best cross-sectional studies showed associations between injury and sleepiness, time spent driving, occupational stress, non-insulin-dependent uncomplicated diabetes, and use of narcotics and antihistamines.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Modifiable behavioral and vehicle-related risk factors are likely to contribute to work-related traffic injury. 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