{"id":7791,"date":"2011-09-20T18:43:58","date_gmt":"2011-09-20T18:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/?p=7791"},"modified":"2016-10-08T19:21:15","modified_gmt":"2016-10-08T19:21:15","slug":"one-third-of-fatally-injured-drivers-with-known-test-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/2011\/09\/one-third-of-fatally-injured-drivers-with-known-test-results\/","title":{"rendered":"One-Third of Fatally Injured Drivers with Known Test Results"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">The percentage of fatally injured drivers testing positive for drugs increased over the last five years, according to data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Each year between 56% and 65% of drivers fatally injured in motor vehicle crashes were tested for the presence of drugs in their systems. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">In 2009, 33% of the 12,055 of drivers fatally injured in motor vehicle crashes with known test results tested positive* for at least one drug, compared to 28% in 2005 (see figure below). The drugs tested for included both illegal substances as well as over-the counter and prescription medications, (which may or may not have been misused). In 2009, marijuana was the most prevalent drug found in this population\u2014approximately 28% of fatally injured drivers who tested positive were positive for marijuana. The authors caution that \u201cdrug involvement rates among those with unavailable drug test results may be similar to those for whom results are available, or there may be a systematic bias that could influence the unavailable rates in a positive or negative direction.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">*Nicotine, aspirin, alcohol, and drugs administered after the crash are excluded. Testing positive for drugs only means that the drugs were found in the driver\u2019s system and does not imply impairment or indicate that drug use was the cause of the crash or the fatality.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">SOURCE: Adapted by CESAR from National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA),<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"> drug Involvement of Fatally Injured Drivers,\u201d Traffic Safety Facts, November 2010.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"> Available online at http:\/\/www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov\/Pubs\/811415.pdf<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The percentage of fatally injured drivers testing positive for drugs increased over the last five years, according to data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Each year between 56% and 65% of drivers fatally injured in motor vehicle crashes were tested for the presence of drugs in their systems. In 2009, 33% of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,63,65,60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alcohol","category-brain-and-behaviour","category-drugs-and-accidents","category-marijuana-and-medicine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7791\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}