Grants and Contributions:
Title:
Monitoring Drug Impaired Driving in Canada Through Toxicological Analyses of Injured Drivers
Agreement Number:
-
Agreement Value:
$1,637,184.83
Agreement Date:
Mar 28, 2024 - Mar 31, 2025
Description:
This study is to measure the prevalence and characteristics of a wide variety of substances, including cannabis, among injured drivers, and assess impaired driving crash risk and associated demographic factors and crash characteristics. Eleven (11) hospitals and trauma centres, in five provinces (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario and Alberta) will be involved in the study. It will involve a combination of paid researchers and research assistants, as well as voluntary medical practitioners in the participating jurisdictions, collecting and analyzing the blood samples of injured drivers.
Organization:
Public Safety Canada
Expected Results:
Increased capacity to monitor trends and patterns in drug-impaired driving. Intermediate outcome Enhanced knowledge of the trends in crash risk associated with a variety of substances in Canada and in participating jurisdictions. Long-term outcome Policy makers’ decisions on drug-impaired driving are based on evidence.
Location:
Vancouver, British Columbia, CA V6T 1Z3
Reference Number:
088-2023-2024-Q4-00031
Agreement Type:
Contribution
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Type:
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Additional Information:
An amendment to increase PS funding by $98,185.83.
Amendment Date
Mar 26, 2024
Recipient's Legal Name:
University of Brisitsh Columbia
Program:
(CPCSOC) Contribution Program to Combat Serious and Organized Crime
Program Purpose:
CPCSOC supports initiatives, research, partnership building, specialized police services, projects and programs to increase knowledge, raise awareness and/or help advance efforts to combat serious and organized crime, through funding allocations to eligible recipients
Amendments: