Use of controlled substances and highway safety : a report to Congress : prepared in response to Section 3402, Public Law 99-570, October 27, 1986, Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986

NHTSA - Behavioral Safety Researchhttps://doi.org/10.21949/15252631988PDFResearch PaperCompton, Richard P.United States. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Office of Driver and Pedestrian ResearchUnited States. National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationUnited StatesDrug effectsHighway safetyTraffic accidentsDOT-HS-807-261Final reportThis report reviews what is currently known about the relationship of drug use to highway safety. While much remains to be learned, we have made considerable progress in the last several decades in understanding the effects of drugs on driver behavior. This report: Identifies the information that is needed in order to determine the nature and magnitude of the drug and highway safety problem and reviews the major methodological problems that must be overcome before substantial progress will be possible; Describes the best available information on the incidence of drug usage by drivers involved in crashes (or detained by the police); Summarizes the findings from laboratory research on the behavioral effects from drugs, from studies using driving simulators, and from on-the-road studies; Provides some general conclusions about the role of drugs in highway safety; and Describes the Department of Transportation's current plans to obtain some of the required information. /Abstract from report summary page/129