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Title: DRUG PRESENCE IN FATALLY INJURED TRUCK DRIVERS
Accession Number: 00622366
Record Type: Component
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: This summary of a presentation made at the 70th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board in Washington, D.C., in January 1991, examines a National Transportation Safety Board year-long study of 182 heavy-truck crashes in which the driver was fatally injured. The study found that 33% of the drivers tested positive for drugs of abuse. The most prevalent drugs found were marijuana and alcohol (13% each), followed by cocaine (9%), methamphetamines/amphetamines (7%), other stimulants (8%), and codeine and phencyclidine (PCP) (less than 1% each). Forty-one percent of those drivers positive for drugs of abuse were found to be multiple-drug users. Almost 11% tested positive for three or more drugs of abuse.
Supplemental Notes: Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
Monograph Title: Monograph Accession #: 00622364
Report/Paper Numbers: HS-041 428
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: Sweedler, B MPagination: p. 6-9
Publication Date: 1992-5
Serial: Media Type: Digital/other
TRT Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Old TRIS Terms: Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: May 31 1992 12:00AM
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