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Use of Multiple Data Sources to Identify Specific Drugs and Other Factors Associated with Drug and Alcohol Screening of Fatally Injured Motor Vehicle Drivers



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    Objective: Drugged driving crashes have significantly increased over the past two decades. The objectives of this study were to identify and characterize the drugs present in motor vehicle driver fatalities using multiple surveillance data sources; assess concordance of the data sources in identifying drug presence; and identify demographic and crash factors associated with drug and alcohol screening in fatally injured motor vehicle drivers. Methods: Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), Collision Report Analysis for Safer Highways (CRASH), and mortality data sets were linked; drug screening and positive drug screens were identified. Chi-square and conditional logistic regression were performed. Results: The use of FARS data identified the majority of positive drug screens in the linked data set. Supplementation of FARS data with death certificate and CRASH data increased identification of specific drugs and drug classes detected among fatally injured motor vehicle drivers, although there was a low concordance among the data sources. Alcohol and depressants such as alprazolam had the highest frequencies among fatally injured drivers. Speeding, lack of occupant restraints, young age, commercial truck drivers, and speeding were all factors associated with increased odds of the fatally injured driver being drug or alcohol screened. Conclusions: These findings indicate that FARS drug information data may be strengthened through increased autopsy and consultation with medical examiners to better understand and interpret decedent toxicology testing results, and that states with low driver drug testing rates should consider mandatory driver drug testing in fatal crashes. [Description provided by NIOSH]
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  • ISSN:
    0001-4575
  • Document Type:
    Text
  • Funding:
    Cooperative Agreement
  • Genre:
    Journal Article
  • Place as Subject:
  • CIO:
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
  • Topic:
    Workplace Safety & Health
  • Location:
    North America
  • Pages in Document:
    8 pdf pages
  • Volume:
    122
  • NIOSHTIC Number:
    nn:20066738
  • Citation:
    Accid Anal Prev 2019 Jan; 122:287-294
  • Contact Point Address:
    Terry Bunn, Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center, 333 Waller Ave., Suite 242, Lexington, KY, 40504
  • Email:
    tlbunn2@uky.edu
  • Federal Fiscal Year:
    2019
  • Performing Organization:
    University of Kentucky
  • Peer Reviewed:
    True
  • Start Date:
    20050701
  • Source Full Name:
    Accident Analysis and Prevention
  • End Date:
    20260630
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  • Main Document Checksum:
    urn:sha-512:acd9e4f33340d574db5f6e1ea28f859d6827ea160aa4151d52cbf906bb6fbec6ba4cca731b48d7de63d8132a67d20a8e585706d495d6b12ca6c282d326a604e2
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