Print Friendly, PDF & Email

Current Research

June 2021

Cole, T. B., & Saitz, R. (2020). Cannabis and Impaired Driving. JAMA, 324(21), 2163–2164. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2020.18544

Fell J. C. (2019). Approaches for reducing alcohol-impaired driving: Evidence-based legislation, law enforcement strategies, sanctions, and alcohol-control policies. Forensic science review, 31(2), 161–184.

Ginsburg B. C. (2019). Strengths and limitations of two cannabis-impaired driving detection methods: a review of the literature. The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse, 45(6), 610–622. https://doi.org/10.1080/00952990.2019.1655568

Høye A. (2020). Speeding and impaired driving in fatal crashes-Results from in-depth investigations. Traffic injury prevention, 21(7), 425–430. https://doi.org/10.1080/15389588.2020.1775822

Motschman, C. A., Hatz, L. E., McCarty, K. N., Merkle, E. C., Trull, T. J., & McCarthy, D. M. (2020). Event-Level Predictors of Alcohol-Impaired Driving Intentions. Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs, 81(5), 647–654. https://doi.org/10.15288/jsad.2020.81.647

Roberts, W., Moore, K. E., Pittman, B. P., Fillmore, M. T., & McKee, S. A. (2019). High Risk of Alcohol-Impaired Driving in Adults With Comorbid Alcohol and Substance Use Disorders in the U.S. Population. Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs, 80(1), 114–119. https://doi.org/10.15288/jsad.2019.80.114

Rosekind, M. R., Ehsani, J. P., & Michael, J. P. (2020). Reducing Impaired Driving Fatalities: Data Need to Drive Testing, Enforcement, and Policy. JAMA internal medicine, 180(8), 1068–1069. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.1984

Teutsch, S. M., & Naimi, T. S. (2018). Eliminating Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities: What Can Be Done?. Annals of internal medicine, 168(8), 587–589. https://doi.org/10.7326/M18-0069

Tiscione, N. B., Alford, I. K., Miller, R., Shan, X., & Yeatman, D. T. (2019). Driving Under the Influence of Drugs: When the Law Misses the Mark. Journal of analytical toxicology, 43(2), 138–143. https://doi.org/10.1093/jat/bky070

Vivoda, J. M., Walker, R. M., Cao, J., & Koumoutzis, A. (2020). How Accumulated Wealth Affects Driving Reduction and Cessation. The Gerontologist, 60(7), 1273–1281. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnaa039

Additional Research

The Problem of Impaired Driving

Berning, A., Compton, R., & Wochinger, K. (2015, February). Results of the 2013-2014 National Roadside Survey of alcohol and drug use by drivers. (Traffic Safety Facts Research Note. Report No. DOT HS 812 118). Washington, DC: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Source

Berning, A., & Smither, D.D. (2014). Understanding the limitations of drug test information, reporting, and testing practices in fatal crashes. (Traffic Safety Facts Research Note. DOT HS 812 072). Washington, DC: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Source

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2012). CDC Vital Signs: Teen Drinking and Driving. Atlanta, GA

Compton, R.P. & Berning, A. (2015, February). Drug and alcohol crash risk. (Traffic Safety Facts Research Note, Report No. DOT HS 812 117). Washington, DC: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Source

DuPont, R.L., Logan, B.K., Shea, C.L., Talpins, S.K., & Voas, R.B. (2011). Drugged driving research: a white paper. National Institute on Drug Abuse.

Fell, J.C., McKnight, A.S., & Auld-Owens, A. (2013). Increasing impaired driving enforcement visibility: Six case studies. (Report No. DOT HS 811 716). Washington, DC: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Jones, C.G., Swift, W., Donnelly, N.J., & Weatherburn, D.J. (2007). Correlates of driving under the influence of cannabis. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 88(1), 83-86.

Lacey, J.H., Kelley-Baker, T., Romano, E., Brainard, K., Ramirez, A. (2012). Results of the 2012 California Roadside Survey of Nighttime Weekend Drivers’ Alcohol and Drug Use. Calverton, MD: Pacific Institute of Research and Evaluation

Maxwell, J.C. (2012). Drunk versus drugged: How different are the drivers?. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 121(1), 68-72.

National Center for Statistics and Analysis. (2014, December). Alcohol-impaired driving: 2013 data. (Traffic Safety Facts. DOT HS 812 102). Washington, DC: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Source

National Transportation Safety Board. (2011). Fatalities.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. (2008). A Summary Report of Six Demonstration Projects to Reduce Alcohol-Impaired Driving Among 21- to 34-Year-Old Drivers. DOT HS 810912.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. (2010). Alcohol and Highway Safety: Special Report on Race/Ethnicity and Impaired Driving. DOT HS 811 336.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. (2009). Drug-Impaired Driving: Understanding the Problem & Ways to Reduce It. DOT HS 811 268.

Office of National Drug Control Policy. (2011). Drug Testing and Drug-Involved Driving of Fatally Injured Drivers in the United States: 2005-2009.
Source

Phillips, D.P., Sousa, A.L.R., & Moshfegh, R.T. (2014). Official blame for drivers with very low blood alcohol content: there is no safe combination of drinking and driving. Injury Prevention.

Romano, E., Torres-Saavedra, P., Voas, R.B., & Lacey, J.H. (2014). Drugs and alcohol: Their relative crash risk. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 75(1), 56.

Voas, R.B., Lacey, J.H., Jones, K., Scherer, M., & Compton, R. (2013). Drinking drivers and drug use on weekend nights in the United States. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 130(1), 215-221.

Evidence-Based Strategies
DWI/Drug Courts

Cavanaugh, M.R., & Franklin, T.W. (2012). Do DWI courts work? an empirical evaluation of a Texas DWI court. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 51, 257-274.

Fell, J.C., Tippetts, A.S., & Langston, E.A. (2011). An evaluation of three Georgia DUI courts. (DOT HS 811 450). Washington, DC: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Hiller, M., Saum, C., Taylor, L., Watson, C., Hayes, W., & Samuelson, B. (2009). Waukesha Alcohol Treatment Court (WATC): Process and Outcomes. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University.

Taylor, E., Carey, S.M., Zold-Kilbourn, P., Fuller, B.E., & Kissick, K. (2008). Michigan DUI Courts Outcome Evaluation. Portland, OR: NPC Research.

Ignition Interlocks

Elder, R.W., Voas, R., Beirness, D., Shults, R.A., Sleet, D.A., Nichols, J.L.,…Task Force on Community Preventive Services. (2011). Effectiveness of ignition interlocks for preventing alcohol-impaired driving and alcohol-related crashes: a Community Guide systematic review. American Journal of Preventative Medicine, 40, 362–376.

Magnusson, P., Jakobsson, L., & Hultman, S. (2011). Alcohol interlock systems in Sweden: 10 years of systematic work. American Journal of Preventative Medicine, 40, 378–9.

Roth, R., Voas, R., & Marques, P. (2007). Mandating interlocks for fully revoked offenders: the New Mexico experience. Traffic Injury Prevention, 8, 20-25.

Task Force on Community Preventive Services. (2011). Recommendations on the effectiveness of ignition interlocks for preventing alcohol-impaired driving and alcohol-related crashes. American Journal of Preventative Medicine, 40, 377.

Mass Media Campaigns

Elder, R.W., Shults, R.A., Sleet D.A., Nichols, J.L., Thompson, R.S., Rajab, W., & Task Force on Community Preventive Services. (2004). Effectiveness of mass media campaigns for reducing drinking and driving and alcohol-involved crashes: a systematic review. American Journal of Preventative Medicine, 27, 57-65.

Task Force on Community Preventive Services. (2004). Recommendation for use of mass media campaigns to reduce alcohol-impaired driving. American Journal of Preventative Medicine, 27, 66.

Task Force on Community Preventive Services. (2005). Motor vehicle occupant injury. In : Zaza, S., Briss, P.A., & Harris, K.W., eds. The Guide to Community Preventive Services: What Works to Promote Health? Atlanta (GA): Oxford University Press: 329-384.

Publicized Sobriety Checkpoint Programs

Bergen, G., Pitan, A., Qu, S., Shults, R.A., Chattopadhyay, S.K., Elder, R.W.,… Community Preventive Services Task Force. (2014). Publicized sobriety checkpoint programs: a Community Guide systematic review. American Journal of Preventative Medicine, 46, 529-539.

Community Preventive Services Task Force. (2014). Publicized sobriety checkpoint programs to reduce alcohol-impaired driving. Recommendation of the Community Preventive Services Task Force. American Journal of Preventative Medicine, 46, 540-541.

Nunn, S., & Newby, W. (2011). The geography of deterrence: exploring the small area effects of sobriety checkpoints on alcohol-impaired collision rates within a city. Evaluation Review, 35, 354-378.

Screening, Brief Intervention, & Referral to Treatment (SBIRT)

Higgins-Biddle, J., & Dilonardo, J. (2013). Alcohol and highway safety: Screening and brief intervention for alcohol problems as a community approach to improving traffic safety. (DOT HS 811 836). Washington, DC: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Whitlock, E.P., Polen, M.R., Green, C.A., Orleans, T., & Klein, J. (2004). Behavioral counseling interventions in primary care to reduce risky/harmful alcohol use by adults: a summary of the evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Anals of Internal Medicine, 140, 557-568.

Voas, R.B., Fell, J.C., McKnight, S.A., & Sweedler, B. M.
(2004). Controlling impaired driving through vehicle programs: an overview. Traffic Injury Prevention, 5, 292-298.