RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article
T1 Alcohol use among fatally injured drivers in Spain
A1 Río, María del Carmen del
A1 Álvarez González, Francisco Javier
K1 Automóviles - Conducción en estado de embriaguez - España
AB Blood from 285 fatally injured drivers in Northern Spain was collected and tested for the presence of alcohol and drugs. Alcohol was detected in 50.5% of all fatalities. Alcohol alone was detected in 44.2% of all samples and in the remaining 6.3% another substance was found together with alcohol. Blood alcohol concentration was classified in different levels. It has been observed that in 35.4% of the cases the blood alcohol level was≥0.8 g/l, the legal limit in Spain for car drivers. Alcohol together with other substances was encountered in 18 cases, with medication in 22.2% (4 out of 18), alcohol with illegal drugs in 66.6% of the cases (12 out of 18), and alcohol with medicines and illegal drugs in 11.1% (2 out of 18). Cocaine was the most commonly detected drug. The study shows how widespread the incidence of a high level of alcohol concentration among drivers involved in fatal accidents in Spain.
PB Elsevier
SN 0379-0738
YR 1999
FD 1999
LK http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/15672
UL http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/15672
LA eng
NO Forensic Science International, (1999); 104 (2-3): 117–125
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 24-nov-2024