Blood alcohol concentration impact on the traffic accident rates with fatal outcome;Korelacija alkoholemije i stope saobraćajnih nezgoda sa fatalnim ishodom

Medicinski Casopis

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 160-167

  Rancic, Nemanja ^a   Jovanovic, Mirjana ^b   Lazic, Dusica ^c   Jakovljevic, Mihajlo B ^c  

^a Serbia   (Serbia)

^b CLINICAL CENTRE KRAGUJEVAC   (Serbia)

^c University of Kragujevac Medical Faculty   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Accidents; Craniocerebral traumam fatal outcome; Ethanol; Traffic; Wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAUSE OF DEATH; DRIVER; FATALITY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; LAW; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PEDESTRIAN; PERCEPTION DISORDER; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 84871423774     PISSN: 03501221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5937/mckg46-1315     Document Type: Review

References (66)

1. Popović V, Atanasijević T, Ur. Sudska medicina. Beograd: librimedicorum, 2010.
2. Lukić M, Pejaković S. Sudska medicina. Beograd: Privredno-finansijski vodič, 1975.
3. Projekat: "alkoholizam mladih". Znanje.org, 2012. (http://www.znanje.org/psihologija/alkoholizam/01/alkoholizam.htm).
4. Mokdad AH, Marks JS, Stroup DF, Gerberding JL. Actual causes of death in the United States, 2000. JAMA 2004; 291: 1238-1245.
5. Lesch OM, Henriette Walter H, Christian Wetschka C, Hesselbrock M, Hesselbrock V. Alcohol and tobacco: medical and sociological aspects of use, abuse and addiction. Vienna: Springer-Verlag, 2011.
6. Decenija akcije za bezbednost saobraćaja na putevima. Beograd: automoto savez Srbije, 2010. (http://www.amss.org.rs/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=219&itemid=167).
7. Global status reaport on road safety: time for action. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2009. (http://www.un.org/ar/roadsafety/pdf/roadsafetyreport.pdf).
8. Allen P, Bhagat A, Francis L, et al. Road casualties great Britain: 2007 annual report. London: the Stationery Office, 2008.
9. Dedford B, McKeown N, O'Farrell A, Howell F. Alcohol levels in killed drivers and pedestrians on irish roads 2003-2005: a national study. ir Med J 2009; 102: 310, 312-314.
10. Fillmore MT, Blackburn JS, Harrison EL. Acute disinhibiting effects of alcohol as a factor in risky driving behavior. Drug alcohol depend 2008; 95: 97-106.
11. Involvement by young drivers in fatal alcohol-related motor-vehicle crashes - united States, 1982-2001. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly rep 2002; 51: 1089-1091.
12. Bernhoft IM, Behrensdorff I. Effect of lowering the alcohol limit in Denmark. Accid anal Prev 2003; 35: 515-525.
13. Odeljenje za bezbednost saobraćaja. Beograd: Javno preduzeće "Putevi Srbije", 2010. (http://www.putevisrbije.rs/index.php?lang=sr&itemid=250).
14. Saobraćajne nesreće postale nacionalni problem. NS autoforum, 2011. (http://www.nsautoforum.com/index.php?topic=222.0).
15. Trbić V, Stanković Z. Akcija protiv alkohola u funkciji zaštite javnog zdravlja. Psihijat dan 2005; 37: 159-172.
16. Jacobs G, Aeron-Thomas A, Astrop A. Estimating global road fatalities. Crowthorne: transport research laboratory, 2000.
17. Roberts I. Injury and globalization. Inj Prev 2004; 10: 65-66.
18. Peden M, Scurfield R, Sleet D, et al, eds. 2004. World report on road traffic injury Prevention. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2004. (http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2004/9241562609.pdf).
19. Savić S. Alkohol i alkoholisanost. Beograd: Pravni fakultet univerziteta u Beogradu, 2010. (http://www.ius.bg.ac.rs/prof/Materijali/savslo/nastava.htm).
20. Fell JC, Voas RB. The effectiveness of reducing illegal blood alcohol concentration (BaC) limits for driving: evidence for lowering the limit to.05 BaC. J Safety Res 2006; 37: 233-243.
21. Kovačević R. Forenzička psihijatrija. Beograd: grafampromet, 2000.
22. Stark M, Norfolk G. Clinical Forensic Medicine. London: Greenwich Medical Media, 1996.
23. International Blood alcohol limits as a percentage BaC. 'drive and Stay alive, inc.', 2003. (http://www.driveandstayalive.com/articles%20and%20topics/drunk%20driving/artcl--drunk-driving-0005--global-bac-limits.htm).
24. Cryan J, Catháin NO, Curtis M, Cassidy M, Brett FM. The contribution of alcohol to fatal traumatic head injuries in the forensic setting. Ir Med J 2010; 103: 303-305.
25. Hitosugi M, Mizuno K, Nagai T, Tokudome S. Analysis of maxillofacial injuries of vehicle passengers involved in frontal collisions. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2011; 69: 1146-1151.
26. Zivković V, Nikolić S, Babić D, Juković F. The significance of pontomedullar laceration in car occupants following frontal collisions: a retrospective autopsy study. Forensic Sci int 2010; 202: 13-16.
27. Abou-Raya S, ElMeguid LA. Road traffic accidents and the elderly. Geriatr gerontol int 2009; 9: 290-297.
28. Harrop SN, Wilson RY. Motorcycle fatalities in south west Cumbria. Injury 1982; 13: 382-387.
29. Sinha SN, Sengupta SK. Road traffic accident fatalities in Port Moresby: a ten-year survey. Accid anal Prev 1989; 21: 297-301.
30. Tepper SL, Fligner CL, Reay DT. Atlanto-occipital disarticulation. accident characteristics. Am J Forensic Med Pathol 1990; 11: 193-197.
31. Tokdemir M, Kafadar H, Turkoglu A, Deveci SE, Colak C. Comparison of the severity of traumatic brain injuries in pedestrians and occupants of motor vehicles admitted to Firat health center: a five-year series in an eastern Turkish city. Med Sci Monit 2009; 15: Pi 1-4.
32. Wu X, Hu J, Zhuo L, et al. Epidemiology of traumatic brain injury in eastern China, 2004: a prospective large case study. J Trauma 2008; 64: 1313-1319.
33. Stepniewski W, Rydzewska-Dudek M, Janica J, et al. The analysis of road accident victims aging between 0-18 in the selection material of the our Forensic department, Medical university of Białystok between 1997-2006. Ann acad Med Stetin 2007; 53: 50-54.
34. Akama MK, Chindia ML, Macigo FG, Guthua SW. Pattern of maxillofacial and associated injuries in road traffic accidents. East afr Med J 2007; 84: 287-295.
35. Qi X, Yang DL, Qi F, Zhang QH, Wang JP. Statistical analysis on 2213 inpatients with traffic injuries from January 2003 to September 2005 in Ningbo city. Chin J traumatol 2006; 9: 228-233.
36. Markogiannakis H, Sanidas E, Messaris E, et al. Motor vehicle trauma: analysis of injury profiles by road-user category. Emerg Med J 2006; 23: 27-31.
37. Salgado MS, Colombage SM. Analysis of fatalities in road accidents. Forensic Sci int 1988; 36: 91-96.
38. Fredriksson R, Rosén E, Kullgren A. Priorities of pedestrian protection--a real-life study of severe injuries and car sources. Accid anal Prev 2010; 42: 1672-1681.
39. Martin ND, Grabo DJ, Tang L, et al. Are roadside pedestrian injury patterns predictable in a densely populated, urban setting? J Surg res 2010; 163: 323-326.
40. Ifesanya AO, Afuwape D, Okoje VN, et al. Unintentional injury outcomes secondary to pedestrian traffic crashes: a descriptive analysis from a major medical center. Prehosp disaster Med 2009; 24: 443-446.
41. Yanar H, Demetriades D, Hadjizacharia P, et al. Pedestrians injured by automobiles: risk factors for cervical spine injuries. J am Coll Surg 2007; 205: 794-799.
42. Yamanouchi H. Medicolegal and compensation scientific approach to automobile accident. Nihon Hoigaku Zasshi 2002; 56: 236-247.
43. Kłys M, Grzeszczuk S, Majchrzak T. Fatal traffic accidents vs. alcohol consumption in the victims in the archival material collected by the institute of Forensic Medicine, Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian university in Cracow, in the years 2000-2003. Arch Med Sadowej Kryminol 2006; 5: 80-85.
44. Clarke DD, Ward P, Bartle C, Truman W. Killer crashes: fatal road traffic accidents in the UK. Accid anal Prev 2010; 42: 764-770.
45. Wyatt GB. The epidemiology of road accidents in Papua New Guinea. PNG Med J 1980; 23: 60-65.
46. Sjögren H, Valverius P, Eriksson A. Gender differences in role of alcohol in fatal injury events. Eur J Public Health 2006; 16: 267-271.
47. Laapotti S, Keskinen E. Has the difference in accident patterns between male and female drivers changed between 1984 and 2000? Accid anal Prev 2004; 36: 577-584.
48. Mayhew DR, Ferguson SA, Desmond KJ, Simpson HM. Trends in fatal crashes involving female drivers, 1975-1998. Accid anal Prev 2003; 35: 407-415.
49. Tsai VW, Anderson CL, Vaca FE. Alcohol involvement among young female drivers in US fatal crashes: unfavourable trends. Inj Prev 2010; 16: 17-20.
50. Romano E, Kelley-Baker T, Voas RB. Female involvement in fatal crashes: increasingly riskier or increasingly exposed? Accid anal Prev 2008; 40: 1781-1788.
51. Fell JC, Tippetts AS, Voas RB. Fatal traffic crashes involving drinking drivers: what have we learned? Ann adv automot Med 2009; 53: 63-76.
52. Paulson JA. The epidemiology of injuries in adolescents. Pediatr ann 1988; 17: 84-86, 89-96.
53. National Highway traffic Safety administration (NHtSa). Traffic Safety Facts 2000: Young drivers. dOt HS-809-336. Washington, dC: NHtSa, 2001.
54. Stephan K, Kelly M, McClure R, et al; Thai Cohort Study team. distribution of transport injury and related risk behaviours in a large national cohort of Thai adults. Accid anal Prev 2011; 43: 1062-1067.
55. Hadidi KA, Battah AH, Hinnawi S. Alcohol in medicolegal cases seen at Jordan university Hospital. Med Sci law 1998; 38: 70-73.
56. Reynaud M, Le Breton P, Gilot B, Vervialle F, Falissard B. Alcohol is the main factor in excess traffic accident fatalities in France. Alcohol Clin exp res 2002; 26: 1833-1839.
57. Borges G, Orozco R, Cremonte M, Buzi-Figlie N, Cherpitel C, Poznyak V. Alcohol and violence in the emergency department: a regional report from the WHO collaborative study on alcohol and injuries. Salud Publica Mex 2008; 50: S6-S11.
58. Reducing traffic injuries resulting from alcohol impairment. Brussels: European transport Safety Council, Working Party on road user Behaviour, 1995.
59. Gledec M. The presence of alcohol in Croatian road traffic. in: Proceedings of the 15th international Conference on alcohol, drugs and traffic Safety, Stockholm, 22-26 May 2000. Stockholm, Swedish National road administration. (http://www.vv.se/traf_sak/t2000/314.pdf).
60. Mock CN, Asiamah G, Amegashie J. A random, roadside breathalyzer survey of alcohol impaired drivers in ghana. Journal of Crash Prevention and injury Control 2001; 2: 193-202.
61. Mishra BK, Banerji AK, Mohan D. Two-wheeler injuries in Delhi, India: a study of crash victims hospitalized in a neuro-surgery ward. Accid anal Prev 1984; 16: 407-416.
62. Laapotti S, Keskinen E. Fatal drink-driving accidents of young adult and middle-aged males-a risky driving style or risky lifestyle? Traffic inj Prev 2008; 9: 195-200.
63. Baker SP, Chen LH. Driver risk factors for fatal injury on weekend nights: analysis of alcohol and racial differences. Annu Proc assoc adv automot Med 2002; 46: 179-191.
64. Lau G. Natural disease and alcohol intoxication amongst drivers of motor vehicles in Singapore from 1989 to 1993: a study of 140 necropsies. Ann acad Med Singapore 1996; 25: 516-521.
65. Snowden CB, Miller TR, Waehrer GM, Spicer RS. Random alcohol testing reduced alcohol-involved fatal crashes of drivers of large trucks. J Stud alcohol drugs 2007; 68: 634-640.
66. Wagenaar AC, Holfder HD. Response to Mulford, ledolter and Fitzgerald. J Stud alcohol 1993; 54: 251-252.