Post-mortem blood alcohol concentration of the traffic accident victims and changes in DUI legislation in Slovenia 1980–2006

Kralj, Eduard; Pezdir, T.; Balažic, Jože

doi:10.1016/j.fsisup.2009.09.009

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“…In many countries such as Australia and Slovenia (13,14) and consistent with our results, ethanol was the most frequently detected component either solely or combined with other substances. Our findings were also in line with other relevant studies conducted on Saudi population and revealed that ethanol was the main analytical finding detected in 49% of postmortem specimens and considered the most common substance linked to road accident deaths (41%) (15) .…”

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The Prevalence of Illicit Drugs and Alcohol in Road Traffic Accident Fatalities in the Eastern Region of Saudi Arabia

2020

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The study aims to investigate the prevalence of alcohol and illicit drugs in Road Traffic Accident fatalities from January 2015 to December 2019 in Eastern region -Saudi Arabia. From a total of 1939 deaths investigated in the Dammam Poison Control Center, only 57 of them were related to Road Traffic Accidents (RTA), of which 96.4% were males, 36.8% were in the age group between 18-30 years. The highest incidence was among Saudi nationals (82.5%). 70.2% of the investigated cases tested positive for ethanol either alone or with other illicit drugs, cannabis ranked the second (38.6%), followed by amphetamine (17%) and heroin (10%). Ethanol was the sole toxicological finding in (57.5%). The single drug-abusing pattern (50.9%) exceeded bi-and triple drug-abusing pattern (31.5 %). None of the investigated samples showed a positive result for illicit cocaine or benzodiazepines. In Conclusion, ethanol identified as a key element, being the highest frequently detected substance in the blood samples of RTA victims which mandates the need for planning appropriate interventions and more strict application of Saudi national program for drug prevention together with wide community action.

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The Prevalence of Illicit Drugs and Alcohol in Road Traffic Accident Fatalities in the Eastern Region of Saudi Arabia

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A new alcohol-related traffic law, a further reduction in traffic fatalities? Analyzing the case of Turkey

Nazif‐Muñoz

Anakök

Joseph

et al. 2022

Journal of Safety Research

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Post-mortem blood alcohol concentration of the traffic accident victims and changes in DUI legislation in Slovenia 1980–2006

Cited by 2 publications

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The Prevalence of Illicit Drugs and Alcohol in Road Traffic Accident Fatalities in the Eastern Region of Saudi Arabia

The Prevalence of Illicit Drugs and Alcohol in Road Traffic Accident Fatalities in the Eastern Region of Saudi Arabia

A new alcohol-related traffic law, a further reduction in traffic fatalities? Analyzing the case of Turkey

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