DOI: 10.21949/1528627
title: Alcohol and Drug Prevalence Among Seriously or Fatally Injured Road Users [supporting datasets]

description: National Transportation Library (NTL) Curation Note: This dataset has been curated to CoreTrustSeal's curation level "B. Logical-Technical Curation." To find out more information on CoreTrustSeal's curation levels, please consult their "Curation & Preservation Levels" CoreTrustSeal Discussion Paper" (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8083359). NTL staff last accessed this dataset at its repository URL on 2024-03-12. If, in the future, you have trouble accessing this dataset, please email NTLDataCurator@dot.gov describing your problem. NTL staff will do its best to assist you at that time.
description: This dataset supports the conclusions of NHTSA report DOT HS 813 399, "Alcohol and Drug Prevalence Among Seriously or Fatally Injured Road Users." Interest in how drugs other than alcohol affect roadway safety has increased. Studies conducted by NHTSA and others gave insights, but a knowledge gap exists on drug prevalence among drivers, pedestrians, and bicyclists seriously or fatally injured in crashes. This study sought to fill this gap by examining drug prevalence among a large sample (N = 7,279) of seriously injured roadway users at seven trauma centers and fatally injured crash victims at four medical examiners. Data were collected from 2019-09-10 through 2021-07-31. Overall, 55.8% of the injured or killed tested positive for one or more drugs including alcohol, and, overall, 19.9% tested positive for two or more categories of drugs. The results are a first look at drug prevalence among a large sample of seriously or fatally injured roadway users.



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