The effects of drug and alcohol consumption on driver injury severities in single-vehicle crashes

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 456-462

  Behnood, Ali ^a   Mannering, Fred L ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of South Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

alcohol, drug; driver injury severity; Random parameters logit model; single vehicle crashes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUNKEN DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLINOIS; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85014508602     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2016.1262540     Document Type: Article

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