Drivers' psychiatric disorders and fatal motor vehicle accidents in Finland

Light motor vehicle collisions with heavy vehicles — Psychosocial and health related risk factors of drivers being at-fault for collisions

“…found, since one third of both male and female at-fault LMV drivers had suicide recorded as their cause of death in collisions with heavy vehicles. However, the time trend in suicides of at-fault LMV drivers is increasing, as observed in traffic suicides [11] and traffic deaths of psychiatric patients [10].…”

“…Psychiatric disorders of drivers killed in heavy vehicle collisions remain a relatively unstudied topic. A recent study by Kujansuu and workgroup [10] showed that death rates of drivers with psychiatric disorder have increased, whereas those for drivers without psychiatric disorder have decreased. Depression is reported to be common in driver suicides [11].…”

Personality disorders of drivers killed in fatal motor vehicle accidents in Finland during 1990–2011

“…Each investigation team includes representatives from the police, the fields of medicine, vehicle technology, road maintenance and behavioral sciences, and other special branches. For further details, see earlier publications for the database used in this study and the investigation method of FMVAs .…”

“…In Finland, the trend in death rates of drivers with psychiatric disorders has recently been increasing, particular from 2000 until 2007 for male, and during the 1990 until 2011 for female victims . Conversely, a decreasing trend in death rates has been observed for drivers without a history of psychiatric disorders.…”

“…Conversely, a decreasing trend in death rates has been observed for drivers without a history of psychiatric disorders. In a Finnish study, the prevalence of hospital‐treated PDs within the previous five years was 1.8% among drivers killed in road traffic accidents , although PDs were not analyzed among specific PD types.…”