AD/HD and Risk of Accidents in Road Traffic

AD/HD og Risiko for Vlykker i Veitrafikk

The report sums up the literature on the association between drivers with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and the relative risk of being involving in road accidents. A meta-analysis based on 13 studies provides relative risks of accidents for several subgroups. The overall relative risk across all studies is estimated to 1.48. For studies controlling for exposure (mileage) the relative risk is estimated to 1.30. Some of the studies comprise high amounts of ADHD-drivers with comorbidity (Oppositional Defiant Disorder [ODD] or [CD] Conduct Disorder) and the relative risk in this subgroup was 1.79. Drivers with ADHD have a higher risk of being involved in personal injury accidents than in property-damage-only accidents. The relative risks for these two levels of injury were 1.90 or 1.19, respectively. Some studies comprise cases with comorbidity, but it is not possible to assess the partial contributions from ADHD, ODD and CD alone.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Text is in Swedish with an English abstract.
• Corporate Authors:

  Royal Institute of Technology

  Center for Traffic Research
  Stockholm,   Sweden  SE-10044
• Authors:
  • Vaa, T
  • Elvebakk, B
  • Fjellestad, K
• Publication Date: 2008

Language

• Swedish
• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Pagination: 80p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Attention; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Drivers; High risk drivers; Human factors in crashes; Medication; Mental disorders; Traffic crashes; Traffic safety
• Uncontrolled Terms: Comorbidity
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01340969
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9788248009269
• Report/Paper Numbers: TOI-987-2008
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 26 2011 10:29AM