%0 Journal Article
%T Alcohol and road traffic accidents with severe injury to the driver (pilot study)
%J Proceedings International Council on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety Conference
%D 1981
%A Bonnichsen, R.
%A Solarz, A.
%V 1981
%N 
%P 144-159
%X The results obtained from a study of 6725 "drunken driving" cases from a four month period 1976 indicate a growing tendency of medicine consumption in connection with driving (13% in 1965, 23% in 1976). Sedatives, analgesics and stimulants which are considered to be dangerous in road traffic, appear most frequently. The results from the study suggest a cause-effect relationship between the influence of medicine and road traffic accidents or near accident situations. The authors discuss selected conclusions concerning the following problems: general characteristics of drivers taking medicines; the current law on "other intoxicants than alcohol" and the difficulties in its observance; the need of more information about driving and medicine; the programme for further research of some pharmaceutical, chemical, criminal-political and legal aspects of driving under the influence of medicine, and the need for closer cooperation between research groups from different countries. (TRRL)<p />
%G 
%I International Council on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety
%@ 
%U http://dx.doi.org/