title: A pilot study of alcohol and drug-related traffic accidents and death in two Jamaican parishes, 1991.
abstract: This study is a preliminary effort to document the role of drugs in motor vehicle accidents as it examines the presence of alcohol, marijuana and cocaine in blood samples of thirty-one motor vehicle fatalities. The study identified that males (90.3%) and pedestrians (41.9%) were killed most often. Evidence of alcohol intake was found in 77.5% of the fatalities and 35.5% had alcohol levels above the legal acceptable limits. Traces of marijuana were found in 22.5% and a combination of alcohol and marijuana in 22.5% of the victims.
authors.affiliation: CAREC Port-of-Spain, Trinidad.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Francis
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Eldemire
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Clifford
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002188:Cannabis; D003042:Cocaine; D000431:Ethanol; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007563:Jamaica / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010865:Pilot Projects; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*
chemical_list: D000431:Ethanol; D003042:Cocaine