THE CONTRIBUTION OF ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUGS AMONG FATALLY INJURED DRIVERS IN QUEBEC: SOME PRELIMINARY RESULTS

This paper presents some preliminary results regarding the contribution of alcohol and other drugs in fatal crashes in Quebec. The data comes out of two sources. Over the past century, alcohol has been identified as the most problematic drug on the road while other drugs have received little attention. As elsewhere, the contribution of alcohol to fatal crashes has substantially decreased in Quebec over the last two decades. That improvement on the alcohol front has raised the issue of a substitution risk, from alcohol to other drugs. Facing this situation, the Societe de l'assurance automobile du Quebec (SAAQ), a Quebec government agency responsible for road safety promotion decided to undertake a major endeavor in order to establish the role of alcohol and other drugs in traffic crashes in Quebec. The research plan integrates the results of tow different analyses. The first one uses a case-control approach, which compares drug presence in fatally injured drivers to drugs detected in drivers participating in a roadside survey. The second one is a responsibility analysis (case-case approach) that compares drug cases to drug-free cases. The paper focuses on the role of alcohol and other drugs among fatally injured drivers using the data available at the end of 2001.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/9287155038
• Corporate Authors:

  Council of Europe

  Avenue de l'Europa
  67075 Strasbourg Cedex,   France 
• Authors:
  • Dussault, C
  • Brault, M
  • Bouchard, J
  • Lemire, A M
• Conference:
  • Road Traffic and Psychoactive Substances
  • Location: Strasbourg, France
  • Date: 2003-6-18 to 2003-6-20
• Publication Date: 2004-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 215-224

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcohol tests; Alcohol use; Crash causes; Crash rates; Crashes; Drug tests; Drugs; Highway safety; Intoxication; Traffic safety
• Geographic Terms: Canada
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00983118
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9287155038
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 20 2004 12:00AM