PILOT STUDY ON THE USE OF ALCOHOL AND PSYCHO-ACTIVE DRUGS AMONG WOMEN DRIVERS IN SLOVENIA. WOMEN, ALCOHOL, DRUGS AND TRAFFIC - PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP, STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, 29-30 SEPTEMBER, 1988

Statistical data on road traffic in slovenia (north-western yugoslav republic with a population of 1.9 million inhabitants) for 1985 show that 11.32% of traffic accidents with fatal outcome or injuries were caused by women drivers. In 3.79% of the cases, alcohol was present. 1.3% of all legally persecuted cases involved women accused of drunken driving, and 8.7% of driving under the influence of narcotics or drugs. To date, research studies on the role of psychoactive substances among drunken drivers revealed little data on the female population. In order to learn more about women drivers, a pilot study was designed on an incidental sample of 207 women drivers; data on social status, diseases, use of alcohol and drugs were gathered and urine analyses for alcohol and most commonly used hypnotics (barbiturates), analgesics (salycilates, paracetamol) and tranquilizers (benzodiazepines) with chromatography, enzyme immunological methods and dye tests performed. In 7.7% of samples urine alcohol concentration was between 0.01 and 0.04 g/kg. Benzodiazepines were found in 7.2%, analgesics in 4.8%, barbiturates in 0.0% of all samples. (Author/TRRL)

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• Authors:
  • ZOREC-KARLOVSEK, M
  • Lokar, J
• Publication Date: 1989

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 95-100
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Dalctraf
  • Volume: 4
  • Publisher: Dalctraf

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Crashes; Drugs; Drunk drivers; Drunk driving; Fatalities; Females; Injuries; Intoxication; Sociology; Urine
• Uncontrolled Terms: Causes
• Geographic Terms: Yugoslavia
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 9003: Cause; 8525: Conference; 2242: Drugs; 2231: Drunkenness; 1602: Fatality; 2163: Injury; 2253: Sociology; 2025: Urine; 1788: Woman; 8128: Yugoslavia
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00491651
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 91-86856-04-9
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1990 12:00AM