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The role of cocaine in fatal crashes: first results of the Quebec Drug Study
(Le rôle de la cocaïne dans des accidents mortels: premiers résultats de l'étude de drogue du Québec.)
Auteur(s) :
DUSSAULT, C. ;
Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine ;
BRAULT M. ;
The role of cocaine in fatal crashes: first results of the Quebec Drug Study (24-26 septembre 2001; San Antonio)
;
LEMIRE A.M. ;
BOUCHARD, J.
Année
2001
Page(s) :
125-137
Langue(s) :
Français
Refs biblio. :
14
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
PRO (Produits, mode d'action, méthode de dépistage / Substances, action mode, screening methods)
Thésaurus mots-clés
COCAINE
;
CONDUITE DE VEHICULE
;
ACCIDENT
;
URINE
;
SANG
;
SALIVE
;
ENQUETE
;
MORTALITE
;
AGE
;
PSYCHOTROPES
;
PRODUIT ILLICITE
Thésaurus géographique
CANADA
Note générale :
In : 45th Annual Proceedings, Congrès, Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine, San Antonio, 24-26 septembre 2001, Canada, Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine, 2001, 125-137, tabl.
Note de contenu :
tabl.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
As part of a major undertaking to establish the contribution of drugs in road crashes in Quebec, the present study focuses on the role of cocaine. Coroner, forensic laboratory and police accident records from April 1999 to December 2000 were matched for 265 fatally injured drivers of passenger vehicles. Cocaine was found in 7.9% of urine samples and 6.0% of blood samples. In order to set up a control group, two roadside surveys were conducted in August 1999 and 2000. The survey sample was distributed proportionately to the number of fatal accidents per time of day and day of the week. During both daytime and nighttime, a total of 11,952 drivers participated in the two surveys among which 11,574 provided a breath sample (96.8%), 8,177 a saliva sample (68.4%) and 5,931 a urine sample (49.6%). Cocaine was detected in 1.1% of urine samples and 1.0% of saliva samples of the driving population. In both fatally injured drivers and driving population, cocaine was found mostly (> 90%) in four main types of combination: cocaine alone, cocaine + cannabis, cocaine + alcohol, cocaine + cannabis + alcohol. The data collected allowed two different analyses: a case-control (urine/urine) and a responsibility analysis (case-case approach) that compares cocaine cases to drug-free cases. Despite some data limitations, all analyses for the four main types of combination clearly suggest that cocaine use plays a role in fatal crashes.
Affiliation :
Etudes et stratégies en sécurité routière, Société de l'assurance automobile du QUébec, Québec, QC
Canada. Canada.
Canada. Canada.
Cote :
A01037