Association between alcohol and drug use and arrest for driving under the influence after crash involvement in a rural area of Norway: a case-control study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The rate of deaths caused by road traffic crashes is particularly high in rural areas. It has been hypothesised that one factor that may contribute is differences in patterns of alcohol use. The aim was to compare the prevalence of psychoactive substances among crash-involved drivers arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence (DUI) who are tested for alcohol and drugs and recent random drivers in a rural area. Furthermore, we investigated the association between traffic crashes and driving after using alcohol, illicit or medicinal drugs either alone or in combination.

Methods

A case-control study was carried out in which the case group consisted of crash-involved drivers arrested for suspicion of DUI from 2000 to 2015. This group was compared with a con

SUBMITTER: Jamt REG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6326312 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature