Drug and Alcohol Crash Risk [Traffic Safety Facts]: Research Note

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• Alternative Title:
  Drug and alcohol crash risk.
• Creators:
  Compton, Richard P. ; Berning, Amy
• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Risk
  • Drug effects
  • Alcohol effects
  • Crash analysis
  • Human factors in crashes
  • Marijuana
  • Data analysis
  • Traffic crashes
  • Human factors
  • Safety factors
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT HS 812 117
• Series:
  NHTSA BSR Traffic Safety Facts;Roadside and Crash Risk Studies
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1525811
• Resource Type:
  Brief
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Abstract:
  While the extent of use of alcohol by drivers and the risks posed by alcohol use have been well known for many decades, relatively little has been known about the use of other drugs by drivers and the associated risks. However, drug-impaired driving has recently become an issue of increasing public and governmental concern in the United States and in many other countries (Compton et al., 2009; Asbridge et al., 2012; ICADTS, 2007). While it is readily apparent that driving-related skills can be impaired by a wide variety of illegal substances and medications, the nature and scope of the drug-impaired driving problem has been difficult to define (Jones et al., 2003; DuPont et al., 2012; Houwing, 2013). In the United States, recent State actions to legalize the use of marijuana for medical and recreational use have further exacerbated concern over potential risks of driving impaired by marijuana.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/1993/dot_1993_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 227.90 KB]
• Collection(s):
  NHTSA - Behavioral Safety Research
• Main Document Checksum:
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