Medication and road safety: a scoping study

Driving a motor vehicle is a complex perceptual-motor task that requires competence in a large number of mental processes for safe operation. Some medications may influence the skills and processes required for safe driving, both positively and negatively, and this impact may differ among drivers. The aim of this project was to scope the influence of medication on road safety, with a focus on four key areas: the scale and extent of the issue in terms of how many people are actually driving under the influence of potentially-impairing medications; the impairing effects of different medications; individuals' understanding of their impairment; and whether people taking medication alter their driving behaviour.

• Record URL:
  http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/roadsafety/research/rsrr/theme3/report16review.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  Great Britain. Department for Transport

  London,    
• Authors:
  • Vandrevala, T
  • Helman, S
  • Turner, C
  • Stone, B
• Publication Date: 2010-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 71p
• Serial:
  • Issue Number: 116

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Driver performance; Highway safety; Medication
• Uncontrolled Terms: Safe systems (road users)
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ATRI Terms: Driver performance; Medication; Road safety
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01383192
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• ISBN: 9781848640818
• Files: ATRI
• Created Date: Aug 22 2012 1:55PM