Collection Analysis and Interpretation of Data on Relationship between Drugs and Driving

Details

• Creators:
  Moser, B. A. ; Bressler, L. D. ; Williams, R. B.
• Corporate Creators:
  RTI International
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ; United States. Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Drug use
  • Drugged drivers
  • Traffic accidents
  • Traffic conviction
  • Statistics
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT-HS-800-648 ; NTIS-PB209264
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1524854
• Resource Type:
  Research Paper
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Final report
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Abstract:
  The purpose of this study was to determine if drug usage is relate to driving history. Laboratory analyses of urine samples, in-dept interviews, and public driving records were obtained to investigate the relationship of traffic accidents and violations between male users and nonusers of alcohol and drugs. Data were being collected in six geographical areas. The frequency and amount-of use drugs were analyzed in terms of driving performance for 1,889 arrestees for serious crimes. In general the results-show that for this select population, drug using drivers have no worse driving records, in terms of accidents and convictions, than the nondrug user drivers. /Abstract from report summary page/
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DOT-HS-022-1-023
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/1078/dot_1078_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 8.18 MB]
• Collection(s):
  NHTSA - Behavioral Safety Research
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:fc3f5c7fb5149bead048a54144a0ae7bfbb9f852bbe42f4f0d6a2468db493b70