Fatal Road Accidents among Finnish Military Conscripts: Fatigue-Impaired Driving

Alcohol and fatal road traffic accidents.

Cannabis, alcohol and fatal road accidents

INTRODUCTION This research aims to estimate the relative risks of responsibility for a fatal accident linked to driving under the influence of cannabis or alcohol, the prevalence of these influences among drivers and the corresponding attributable risk ratios. A secondary goal is to estimate the same items for three other groups of illicit drugs (amphetamines, cocaine and opiates), and to compa...

Drug use , impaired driving and traffic accidents

A UK survey of driving behaviour, fatigue, risk taking and road traffic accidents

OBJECTIVE The aim of the present research was to examine associations between poor driving behaviour (DB), driving when fatigued (DF), risk taking (RT) and road traffic accidents (RTAs). DESIGN The study involved a cross-sectional online survey of clients of an insurance company. The survey measured DB (speeding, distraction, lapses of attention and aggression), RT and frequency of driving wh...

Medicolegal Study of Fatal Road Traffic Accidents in Varanasi Region

Road traffic injury related deaths can be considered interplay of increasing speeds and rising traffic volume on our roads. Present study considers various circumstances and in depth analysis of fatal road accidents. This study on 100 fatal cases is an attempt to interpret various aspects of this so called rising pandemic of modern society. Out of 100, 88 % were male, 12 % female. Pedestrians a...