CRASH CHARACTERISTICS AND INJURIES OF VICTIMS IMPAIRED BY ALCOHOL VERSUS ILLICIT DRUGS
Alcohol has long been associated with injury, but the relationship between other drugs and injury is less clear. Blood samples from 894 patients presenting to two Emergency Departments for treatment of motor vehicle injury sustained in passenger cars, station wagons, vans, and pickup trucks, were tested for alcohol and other drugs. Results were related to demographic characteristics, including prior history of alcohol and drug use; crash characteristics; and injury characteristics. Alcohol was associated with more severe crashes, but other drugs, in the absence of alcohol, were not. The crashes involving drugs but no alcohol were very similar to those involving neither alcohol nor drugs.
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Corporate Authors:
ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF AUTOMOTIVE MEDICINE (AAAM)
2350 EAST DEVON AVENUE, SUITE 205
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Authors:
- Waller, P F
- Blow, F C
- Maio, R F
- Singer, K
- Hill, E M
- Schaefer, N
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Conference:
- Proceedings of the 39th Annual Meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine
- Location: Chicago, Illinois
- Date: 1995-10-16 to 1995-10-18
- Publication Date: 1995-10
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: References; Tables;
- Pagination: p. 89-104
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Serial:
- Publication of: ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF AUTOMOTIVE MEDICINE
- Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM)
- ISSN: 0892-6484
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Alcohol use; Blood analysis; Crash causes; Crash injuries; Crash victims; Demographics; Drugged drivers; Vehicle size
- Old TRIS Terms: Alcohol usage; Drug caused accidents
- Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00714750
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Dec 19 1995 12:00AM