Citation

Gjerde H, Beylich KM, Morland J. Accid. Anal. Prev. 1993; 25(4): 479-483.

Affiliation

National Institute of Forensic Toxicology, Oslo, Norway.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8357462

Abstract

Blood samples from 159 fatally injured drivers from 1989 and 1990, corresponding to 57% of all fatally injured drivers in Norway during this period, were analysed for alcohol and psychoactive drugs. Alcohol was found in 28.3% of the drivers, 27.0% above the legal limit of 0.05%. Drugs were found in 16.4% of the drivers; benzodiazepines and tetrahydrocannabinol were the drugs most frequently found. Among 79 drivers fatally injured in single-vehicle accidents, 41.8% were positive for alcohol and 21.5% were positive for drugs.