DRIVERS could face new blood tests which would tell if they were too tired to drive.
Scientists have developed a check to tell cops if motorists are getting too little sleep.
The blood sample gives vital clues as to whether drivers are sleep-deprived.
Just missing out on two hours sleep in a single night can double the risk of a car crash, research shows.
One in six smashes on Britain’s roads is thought to be fatigue-related.
Now medics at Surrey University have developed a prototype sleepiness test.
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- One in six crashes are fatigue-related
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It works by using a high-tech computer program to analyse the activity of 68 genes known to be affected by sleep deprivation.
Researchers tested it on 36 adults, some of whom had skipped one night of sleep.
The results, in the journal Sleep, showed the test was 92 per cent accurate in identifying those who had missed out on their kip.
Researcher Dr Emma Laing said: “It is difficult to independently assess how much sleep a person has had.
“This makes it hard for the police to know if drivers were fit to drive, or for employers to know if staff are fit for work.”
Scientists said the experiment shows how quickly sleep loss can affect the body.
Now they hope to develop the test as a way to also measure the long-term health effects of sleep deprivation.
Too little rest is known to increase the risk of heart disease.
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Professor Derk-Jan Dijk, director Surrey University’s sleep research centre: “This is a test for acute total sleep loss.
“The next step is to identify biomarkers for chronic insufficient sleep, which we know to be associated with poor health.”
The tests could be absorbed into law to help cops bust those who jump behind the wheel after too little kip.
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