Incidence of Drugs and Alcohol in Fatally Injured Motor Vehicle Drivers
- 1 April 1977
- journal article
- Published by ASTM International in Journal of Forensic Sciences
- Vol. 22 (2) , 383-389
- https://doi.org/10.1520/jfs10600j
Abstract
Previous studies have implicated drugs as a significant factor in intoxicated motor vehicle drivers [1,2]. Little has yet been published on the incidence and role of drugs in motor vehicle crash fatalities, however. A comprehensive study by the Midwest Research Institute on specimens from victims of motor vehicle crashes procured from a number of geographic locations has indicated an incidence of positive drug findings of 13.09% in the urine of fatally injured drivers [3]. In only about 4% were drugs detected in the blood of victims, however.Keywords
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