Titre : | Patterns of drug use in fatal crashes (2013) |
Auteurs : | E. ROMANO ; R. A. POLLINI |
Type de document : | Article : Périodique |
Dans : | Addiction (Vol.108, n°8, August 2013) |
Article en page(s) : | 1428-1438 |
Note générale : | Commentary: Stopping drug-impaired driving and alcohol-impaired driving - synergy, not competition. DuPont R.L., Talpins S.K., Shea C.L., p. 1439-1440. |
Langues: | Anglais |
Discipline : | EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology) |
Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus géographique ETATS-UNISThésaurus mots-clés ACCIDENT ; CONDUITE DE VEHICULE ; MORTALITE ; ALCOOL ; ALCOOLEMIE ; PSYCHOTROPES ; CANNABIS ; DEPISTAGE |
Résumé : |
Aims: To characterize drug prevalence among fatally injured drivers, identify significant associations (i.e. day of week, time of day, age, gender), and compare findings with those for alcohol.
Design: Descriptive and logistic mixed-model regression analyses of Fatality Analysis Reporting System data. Setting: US states with drug test results for >80% of fatally injured drivers, 1998-2010. Participants: Drivers killed in single-vehicle crashes on public roads who died at the scene of the crash (n = 16 942). Measurements: Drug test results, blood alcohol concentration (BAC), gender, age and day and time of crash. Findings: Overall, 45.1% of fatally injured drivers tested positive for alcohol (39.9% BAC >= 0.08) and 25.9% for drugs. The most common drugs present were stimulants (7.2%) and cannabinols (7.1%), followed by 'other' drugs (4.1%), multiple drugs (4.1%), narcotics (2.1%) and depressants (1.5%). Drug-involved crashes occurred with relative uniformity throughout the day while alcohol-involved crashes were more common at night (P Conclusions: Fatal single-vehicle crashes involving drugs are less common than those involving alcohol and the characteristics of drug-involved crashes differ, depending upon drug class and whether alcohol is present. Concerns about drug-impaired driving should not detract from the current law enforcement focus on alcohol-impaired driving. KEY FINDINGS: Fatal single-vehicle crashes involving drugs are less common than those involving alcohol. The characteristics of drug-involved crashes differ depending upon drug class and whether alcohol is present. |
Domaine : | Alcool / Alcohol ; Autres substances / Other substances ; Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs |
Refs biblio. : | 30 |
Affiliation : | Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation (PIRE), Impaired Driving Center, PIRE, Calverton, MD, USA |
Cote : | Abonnement |
Lien : | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.12180 |
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