The more you drink, the harder you fall: a systematic review and meta-analysis of how acute alcohol consumption and injury or collision risk increase together

B Taylor, HM Irving, F Kanteres, R Room… - Drug and alcohol …, 2010 - Elsevier
Alcohol consumption causes injury in a dose–response manner. The most common mode of
sustaining an alcohol-attributable injury is from a single occasion of acute alcohol …

The relationship between alcohol consumption and fatal motor vehicle injury: high risk at low alcohol levels

B Taylor, J Rehm - Alcoholism: clinical and experimental …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Background Alcohol consumption causes motor vehicle accident (MVA) injury in a dose–
response fashion. However, the relationship between how this risk is different with respect to …

Risk of injury from acute alcohol consumption and the influence of confounders

K Watt, DM Purdie, AM Roche, RJ McClure - Addiction, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To quantify the relationship between acute alcohol consumption and risk of injury, in the
context of other potential confounding factors (ie usual alcohol intake, risk‐taking behaviour …

The contribution of alcohol to serious car crash injuries

J Connor, R Norton, S Ameratunga, R Jackson - Epidemiology, 2004 - journals.lww.com
Background: Alcohol impairment of drivers is considered the most important contributing
cause of car crash injuries. The burden of injury attributable to drinking drivers has been …

A cross‐national meta‐analysis of alcohol and injury: Data from the emergency room collaborative alcohol analysis project (ERCAAP)

CJ Cherpitel, J Bond, YU Ye, G Borges… - …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Aims To examine the relationship of acute alcohol consumption with an injury compared to a
non‐injury event in the emergency room across ERs in five countries. Design Meta‐analysis …

Alcohol intoxication in road traffic accidents leads to higher impact speed difference, higher ISS and MAIS, and higher preclinical mortality

T Stübig, M Petri, C Zeckey, S Brand, C Müller, D Otte… - Alcohol, 2012 - Elsevier
Alcohol is one of the most important personal risk factors for serious and fatal injuries,
contributing to approximately one third of all deaths from accidents. It is also described that …

Drugs and alcohol: their relative crash risk

E Romano, P Torres-Saavedra, RB Voas… - Journal of studies on …, 2014 - jsad.com
Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine (a) whether among sober (blood
alcohol concentration [BAC]=. 00%) drivers, being drug positive increases the drivers' risk of …

Alcohol-related risk of driver fatalities: an update using 2007 data

RB Voas, P Torres, E Romano, JH Lacey - … of studies on alcohol and drugs, 2012 - jsad.com
Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine whether the relative risk of being
involved in an alcohol-related crash has changed over the decade from 1996 to 2007, a …

Fatal nontraffic injuries involving alcohol: a metaanalysis

GS Smith, CC Branas, TR Miller - Annals of emergency medicine, 1999 - Elsevier
Study objective: Estimates of alcohol involvement in fatal injuries vary widely. For injuries
other than those involving motor vehicles, no national data exist and the quality of regional …

[HTML][HTML] Epidemiology and consequences of drinking and driving

R Hingson, M Winter - Alcohol research & health, 2003 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Alcohol is a major factor in traffic crashes, and crashes involving alcohol are more likely to
result in injuries and deaths than crashes where alcohol is not a factor. Increasing blood …