Results of the 2007 National Roadside Survey of Alcohol and Drug Use by Drivers [Traffic Safety Facts]

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• Alternative Title:
  Traffic Safety Facts: Research Note
• Creators:
  Compton, Richard ; Berning, Amy
• Corporate Creators:
  National Center for Statistics and Analysis (U.S.)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Alcohol use
  • Drug use
  • Surveys
  • Drivers
  • Statistics
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT HS 811 175
• Series:
  Roadside and Crash Risk Studies
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1525704
• Resource Type:
  Brief
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Office of Behavioral Safety Research
• Abstract:
  The 2007 NRS included, for the first time, measures to estimate the use of other potentially impairing drugs by drivers. Prior roadside surveys had collected breath samples to determine blood alcohol concentration (BAC). Due to developments in analytic toxicology, NHTSA determined it would be feasible in the 2007 survey to collect oral fluid and/or blood samples to determine driver use of a wide variety of other potentially impairing drugs. A pilot test conducted in 2005 demonstrated the feasibility of conducting this more complex survey procedure and confirmed that motorists would voluntarily participate in the study (Lacey, et al, 2007). The 2007 NRS was designed to produce national estimates of alcohol and drug use by drivers. Thus, the use rates shown below are national prevalence rates calculated from the percentage of subjects using alcohol or drugs and adjusted with an appropriate weighting scheme.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/1913/dot_1913_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 656.38 KB]
• Collection(s):
  NHTSA - Behavioral Safety Research
• Main Document Checksum:
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