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 tes...

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Published in:Accident analysis and prevention 1997-11, Vol.29 (6), p.817-827
Main Authors: Waller, P.F., Blow, F.C., Maio, R.F., Singer, K., Hill, E.M., Schaefer, N.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accidents, Traffic - statistics & numerical data
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Alcohol
Alcohol Drinking
Crashes
Drugs
Female
Humans
Injury
Injury Severity Score
Logistic Models
Male
Middle Aged
Substance-Related Disorders
Wounds and Injuries - etiology
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Summary: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.
ISSN:0001-4575
1879-2057
DOI:10.1016/S0001-4575(97)00051-1