Publications - Road Safety & Public Health Research

2024

Staples, J. A., Daly-Grafstein, D., Khan, M., Pei, L. X., Erdelyi, S., Rezansoff, S. N., Chan, H., Honer, W. G., Brubacher, J. R. (2024). Schizophrenia, antipsychotic treatment adherence and driver responsibility for motor vehicle crash: A population-based retrospective study in British Columbia, Canada. British Medical Journal Open, 14(7), 080609.
Boicu, B., Buhay, R., Yuan, Y., Brubacher, J.R. (2024). Media reporting on cannabis-impaired driving and related traffic policy in Canada. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 25, 101120.
Momenyan, S., Chan, H., Erdelyi, S., Pei, L.X., Shum, L.K., Staples, J.A., Taylor, J.A., Jae, L., Brubacher, J.R. Bryan, S. (2024). Trajectories of health-related quality of life following road trauma: Latent growth mixture modeling across a 12-month cohort study. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 202, 107574.
Momenyan, S., Chan, H., Erdelyi, S., Pei, L.X., Shum, L.K., Staples, J.A., Taylor, J.A., Jae, L., Brubacher, J.R. (2024). Health-related quality of life in the year following road trauma: Longitudinal analysis using piecewise latent curve modeling. Journal of Affective Disorders, 354, 509-518.
Pei, L., Chan, H., Staples, J.A., Taylor, J.A., Jae, L., Brubacher, J.R. Harris, D.R. (2024). Twelve-month recovery following road trauma: Results from an inception cohort in Vancouver, Canada. Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, 67(4).
Asbridge, M. Brubacher, J.R. (2024). Cannabis and alcohol involvement in motor vehicle crashes: reflections in the era of legalization. American Journal of Public Health, 114(6), 550-552.
Kureshi, N., Clark, D.B., Audas, L., Kirk, M., Nassar, B., Chan, H., Yuan, Y., Erdelyi, S., Brubacher, J.R. (2024). Off-road vehicle crashes: dangers of alcohol and drug impairment. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine, 26(5), 321-326.
Ciano, P.D., Rajji, T.K., Hong, L., Zhao, S., Byrne, P., Elzohairy, Y., Brubacher, J.R., McGrath, M., Brands, B., Chen, S., Wang, W., Hasan, O.S., Wickens, C.M., Kaduri, P., Le Foll, B. (2024). Cannabis and driving in older adults. Traffic Injury Prevention 25(1),1-7.

2023

Staples, J. A., Erdelyi, S., Merchant, K., Yip, C., Khan, M., Redelmeier, D.A., Chan, H., Brubacher, J.R. (2023). Syncope while driving and the risk of a subsequent motor vehicle crash. Annals of Emergency Medicine, 83(2), 147-157.
Pei, L., Chan, H., Erdelyi, S., Jae, L., Brubacher, J.R. (2023). Circumstances and outcome of active transportation injuries: protocol of a British Columbian inception cohort study. British Medical Journal Open 13(10), e079219.
Beirness, D. J., Smith, D., Brubacher, J. R. (2023). Enhancing the Standardized Field Sobriety Test to detect cannabis impairment: An observational study. Traffic Injury Prevention, 25(1), 1-7.
Chan, H., Erdelyi, S., Jiang, A., McLeod, C., Koehoorn, M., Brubacher, J. R. (2023). Did implementation of no-fault auto-insurance in British Columbia, Canada, impact return to work following road trauma? Protocol for a before–after survival analysis. British Medical Journal Open 13(9), e075858.
Pei, L. X., Chan, H., Shum, L. K., Jae, L., Staples, J. A., Taylor, J. A., Harris, D. R., Brubacher, J. R. (2023). Demographic and clinical profile of an inception cohort of road trauma survivors. British Medical Journal Public Health 23(1), 1534.
Staples, J. A., Erdelyi, S., Merchant, K., Yip, C., Khan, M., Mclure, K. M., Redelmeier, D.A., Chan, H., Brubacher, J.R. (2023). Syncope and traffic crash: A population-based case-crossover analysis. Canadian Journal of Cardiology, 40(4), 554-561.
Brubacher, J. R., Chan, H., Erdelyi, S., Yuan, Yue., Daoust, R., Vaillancourt, C., Rowe, B., Lee, J., Mercier, E., Atkinson, P., Davis, P., Clarke, D., Taylor, J., Macpherson, A., Emond, M., Al-Hakim, D., Horwood, C., Wishart, I., Magee, K., Rao, J., Eppler, J. (2023). High‐‘n’‐dry? A comparison of cannabis and alcohol use in drivers presenting to hospital after a vehicular collision. Addiction, 118(8), 1507-1516.
Yuan, Y., Masud, M., Chan, H., Chan, W., Brubacher, J. R. (2023). Intersectionality and urban mobility: A systematic review on gender differences in active transport uptake. Journal of Transport & Health, 29, 101572.
Staples, J. A., Erdelyi, S., Merchant, K., Yip, C., Khan, M., Redelmeier, D.A., Chan, H., Brubacher, J.R. (2023). Syncope and subsequent traffic crash: A responsibility analysis. PLoS One 18(1), e0279710.

2022

Brubacher, J. R., Staples, J. A., Chan, H. (2022). Detection of tetrahydrocannabinol in injured drivers. Reply. The New England Journal of Medicine, 386(12), 1194.
Staples, J. A., Erdelyi, S., Merchant, K., Yip, C., Khan, M., Redelmeier, D.A., Chan, H., Brubacher, J.R. (2022). Syncope and the risk of subsequent motor vehicle crash: A population-based retrospective cohort study. JAMA Internal Medicine, 182(9), 934-942.
Robertson, M. B., Li, A., Yuan, Y., Jiang, A., Gjerde, H., Staples, J. A., Brubacher, J. R. (2022). Correlation between oral fluid and blood THC concentration: A systematic review and discussion of policy implications. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 173, 106694.
Brubacher, J. R., Chan, H., Erdelyi, S., Staples, J. A., Asbridge, M., Mann, R. (2022). Cannabis legalization and detection of tetrahydrocannabinol in injured driver. The New England Journal of Medicine, 386(2), 148-156.

2021

Brubacher, J. R., Chan, H., Erdelyi, S., Zed, P. J., Staples, J. A., Etminan, M. (2021). Medications and risk of motor vehicle collision responsibility in British Columbia, Canada: A population-based case-control study. The Lancet Public Health, 6(6), e374-e385.
Oakey, M., Evans, D.C., Copley, T., Karbakhsh, M., Samarakkoby, D., Brubacher, J.R., Pawer, S., Zheng, A., Rajabali, F., Fyfe, M., Pike, I. (2021). Development of policy-relevant indicators for injury prevention in British Columbia by the key decision-makers. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(22), e11837.
Staples, J. A., Yuan, Y., Meddings, L., Brubacher, J. R. (2021). Are we there yet? The American journey to safer city streets. The American Journal of Public Health, 111(9), 1586-1588.
MacCallum, C. A., de Freitas, L., Lo, L. A., Eadie, L., Brubacher, J. R. (2021). Cannabinoid-related adverse events and impairment. In Cannabinoids and Pain (pp. 293-306). Springer, Cham.
Cassidy, L., Croft, E., Erdelyi, S., Brubacher, J. (2021). Motor vehicle incidents in postgraduate trainees in British Columbia. Canadian Medical Education Journal, 12(4), 27-38.
Shum, L. K., Chan, H., Erdelyi, S., Pei, L. X., Brubacher, J. R. (2021). Predictors of poor health and functional recovery following road trauma: protocol of a British Columbian inception cohort study. British Medical Journal Open, 11(4), e049623.
Brubacher, J. R., Chan, H., Erdelyi, S., Zed, P. J., Staples, J. A., Etminan, M. (2021). Medications and risk of motor vehicle collision responsibility in British Columbia, Canada: a population-based case-control study. The Lancet Public Health, 6(6), e374-e385.
Toofany, M., Mohsenian, S., Shum, L. K., Chan, H., Brubacher, J. R. (2021). Injury patterns and circumstances associated with electric scooter collisions: a scoping review. Injury Prevention, 27(5), 490-499.
Eadie, L., Lo, L. A., Christiansen, A., Brubacher, J. R., Barr, A. M., Panenka, W. J., MacCallum, C. A. (2021). Duration of neurocognitive impairment with medical cannabis use: a scoping review. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12, 286.
Staples, J. A., Erdelyi, S., Moe, J., Khan, M., Chan, H., Brubacher, J. R. (2021). Prescription opioid use among drivers in British Columbia, 1997–2016. Injury Prevention, 27(6), 527-534.

2020

Asbridge, M., MacNabb, K., Chan, H., Erdelyi, S., Wilson, M., Brubacher, J.R. (2020). Prescription drug use as a risk factor for motor vehicle collision culpability: A responsibility study. Injury Prevention, 27(4), 324-330.
Peng, Y. W., Desapriya, E., Chan, H., Brubacher, J. R. (2020). Residual blood THC levels in frequent cannabis users after over four hours of abstinence: A systematic review. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 216, 108177.
Asbridge, M., Macnabb, K., Chan, H., Erdelyi, S., Wilson, M., Brubacher, J. R. (2020). Prescription medication use as a risk factor for motor vehicle collisions: A responsibility study. Injury Prevention, 27(4), 324-330.
Masud, M., Chan, H., Erdelyi, S., Yuan, Y., Brubacher, J.R. (2020). Epidemiology of drug driving: protocol from a national Canadian study measuring levels of cannabis, alcohol and other substances in injured drivers. BMC Public Health 20, 1070.
Brubacher, J. R., Chan, H., Staples, J. A. (2020). Cannabis-impaired driving and Canadian youth. Paediatrics & Child Health, 25(Supplement_1), S21-S25.
Steinberg, C., Cheung, C. C., Wan, D., Sodhi, A., Claros, S., Staples, J. A., Philippon, F., Laksman, Z., Sarrazin, J., Bennett, M., Plourde, B., Deyell, M., Andrade, J., Roy, K., Yeung-Lai-Wah, J., Molin, F., Hawkins, N., Blier, L., Nault, I., O’Hara, G., Krahn, A.D., Champagne, J., Chakrabarti, S. (2020). Driving restrictions and early arrhythmias in patients receiving a primary prevention implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (DREAM-ICD study). Canadian Journal of Cardiology, 35(10), S148.
Brubacher, J.R., MacDonald, S., Mann, R. E., Eppler, J., Asbridge, M., Chan, H. (2020). Reply to Beckson:” Cannabis, crashes, and blood: challenges for observational research”. Addiction, 115(3), 590-591.
Staples, J.A., Merchant, K., Erdelyi, S., Lund, A., Brubacher, J.R. (2020). Emergency department visits during the 4/20 cannabis celebration. Emergency Medicine Journal, 2020;37:187-192.

2019

Brubacher, J. R., Shih, Y., Weng, J. T., Verma, R., Evans, D., Grafstein, E. (2019). Low-impact strategy for capturing better emergency department injury surveillance data. Injury Prevention, 25(6), 507-513.
Smith, N. K., Brubacher, J. R., Andreou, P., Asbridge, M. (2019). Does the inclusion of vehicle impoundment in provincial short-term administrative driver’s license suspension programs reduce total and alcohol-related fatal collisions in Canada? Traffic Injury Prevention, 20(8), 771-776.
Sukhawathanakul, P., Thompson, K., Brubacher, J., Leadbeater, B. (2019). Marijuana trajectories and associations with driving risk behaviors in Canadian youth. Traffic Injury Prevention, 20(5), 472-477.
Brubacher, J. R., Chan, H., Erdelyi, S. (2019). Injury severity in police collision reports correlates poorly with requirement for hospital admission. Journal of Transport & Health, 14, 100606.
Brubacher, J. R., Chan, H., Erdelyi, S., Macdonald, S., Asbridge, M., Mann, R. E., Eppler, J., Lund, A., MacPherson, A., Martz, W., Schreiber, W. E., Brant, R., Purssell, R. A. (2019). Cannabis use as a risk factor for causing motor vehicle crashes: a prospective study. Addiction, 114(9), 1616.
Staples, J. A., Yip, C., Redelmeier, D. A. (2019). Pedestrian fatalities associated with Halloween in the United States. JAMA Pediatrics, 173(1), 101-103.

2018

Chan, H., Chiang, T., Yip, R., Shih, Y., Ho, V., Brar, R., Brubacher, J. (2018). Driving ability and transportation needs of older drivers treated in an emergency department. Journal of the Australasian College of Road Safety, 29(4), 30.
Brubacher, J., Chan, H., Erdelyi, S., Lovegrove, G., Faghihi, F. (2018). Road safety impact of increased rural highway speed limits in British Columbia, Canada. Sustainability, 10(10), 3555.
Staples, J. A., Redelmeier, D. A. (2018). The April 20 cannabis celebration and fatal traffic crashes in the United States. JAMA Internal Medicine, 178(4), 569-572.
Brubacher, J. R., Chan, H., Erdelyi, S., Asbridge, M., Mann, R. E., Purssell, R. A., Solomon, R. (2018). Police documentation of drug use in injured drivers: Implications for monitoring and preventing drug-impaired driving. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 118, 200–206.

2017

Brubacher, J., Chan, H., Erdelyi, S., Asbridge, M., Schuurman, N. (2017). Factors predicting local effectiveness of impaired driving laws, British Columbia, Canada. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 78(6), 899-909.
Wettlaufer, A., Florica, R. O., Asbridge, M., Beirness, D., Brubacher, J., Callaghan, R., Fischer, B., Gmel, G., Imtiaz, S., Mann, R. E., McKiernan, A., Rehm, J. (2017). Estimating the harms and costs of cannabis-attributable collisions in the Canadian provinces. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 173, 185–190.
Brubacher, J. R., Chan, H., Purssell, E., Tuyp, B. J., Ting, D. K., Mehrnoush, V. (2017). Minor injury crashes: Prevalence of driver-related risk factors and outcome. The Journal of Emergency Medicine, 52(5), 632-638.
Leadbeater, B. J., Ames, M. E., Sukhawathanakul, P., Fyfe, M., Stanwick, R., Brubacher, J. R. (2017). Frequent marijuana use and driving risk behaviours in Canadian youth. Paediatrics & Child Health, 22(1), 7–12.
Olson, Z., Staples, J. A., Mock, C. N., Nguyen, N. P., Bachani, A. M., Nugent, R., Verguet, S. (2017). Helmet regulation in Vietnam: Impact on health, equity, and medical impoverishment. Injury Prevention and Environmental Health, 22(4), 233-238.

2016

Brubacher, J. R., Chan, H., Martz, W., Schreiber, W., Asbridge, M., Eppler, J., Lund, A., Macdonald, S., Drummer, O., Purssell, R., Andolfatto, G., Mann, R., Brant, R. (2016). Prevalence of alcohol and drug use in injured British Columbia drivers. British Medical Journal Open, 6(3), e009278.
Brubacher, J. R., Chan, H., Erdelyi, S., Schuurman, N., Amram, O. (2016). The association between regional environmental factors and road trauma rates: A geospatial analysis of 10 years of road traffic crashes in British Columbia, Canada. PloS One, 11(4), e0153742.
Brubacher, J. R., Desapriya, E., Erdelyi, S., Chan, H. (2016). The impact of child safety restraint legislation on child injuries in police-reported motor vehicle collisions in British Columbia: An interrupted time series analysis. Paediatrics & Child Health, 21(4) e27-e31.
Brubacher, J. R., Desapriya, E., Chan, H., Ranatunga, Y., Harjee, R., Erdelyi, S., Asbridge, M., Purssell, R., Pike, I. (2016). Reprint of “Media reporting of traffic legislation changes in British Columbia (2010)”. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 97, 335–341.

2015

Cripton, P. A., Shen, H., Brubacher, J. R., Chipman, M., Friedman, S. M., Harris, M. A., Winters, M., Reynolds, C. C. O., Cusimano, M. D., Babul, S., Teschke, K. (2015). Severity of urban cycling injuries and the relationship with personal, trip, route and crash characteristics: analyses using four severity metrics. British Medical Journal Open, 5(1), e006654.
Staples, J. A., Redelmeier, D. A. (2014). Fatality risks on the road and in space. American Journal of Medicine, 27(6), 467-468.e13.
Brubacher, J. R., Desapriya, E., Chan, H., Ranatunga, Y., Harjee, R., Erdelyi, S., Asbridge, M., Purssell, R., Pike, I. (2015). Media reporting of traffic legislation changes in British Columbia (2010). Accident Analysis and Prevention, 82, 227–233.
Brubacher, J.R. (2015) What do we know about drug driving? British Columbia Medical Journal, 57, (3), 114-115.

2014

Desapriya, E., Harjee, R., Brubacher, J., Chan, H., Hewapathirane, D. S., Subzwari, S., Pike, I. (2014). Vision screening of older drivers for preventing road traffic injuries and fatalities. The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, (2), CD006252.
Brubacher, J., Chan, H., Asbridge, M. (2014). Culpability analysis is still a valuable technique. International Journal of Epidemiology, 43(1), 270–272.
Teschke, K., Frendo, T., Shen, H., Harris, M. A., Reynolds, C. C. O., Cripton, P. A., Brubacher, J. R., Cusimano, M. D., Friedman, S. M., Hunte, G., Monro, M., Vernich, L., Babul, S., Chipman, M., Winters, M. (2014). Bicycling crash circumstances vary by route type: a cross-sectional analysis. BMC Public Health, 14, 1205.
Purssell, R. A., Chan, H., Brown, D., Fang, M., Brubacher, J. R. (2014). Risk factors for subsequent impaired driving by injured passengers. Traffic Injury Prevention, 15(4), 355–360.
Brubacher, J., Chan, H., Brasher, P., Erdelyi, S., Desapriya, E., Asbridge, M., Purssell, R., Macdonald, S., Schuurman, N., Pike, I. (2014). Reduction in fatalities, ambulance calls, and hospital admissions for road trauma after implementation of new traffic laws. American Journal of Public Health, 104(10), e89-97.

2013

Macdonald, S., Zhao, J., Martin, G., Brubacher, J., Stockwell, T., Arason, N., Steinmetz, S., Chan, H. (2013). The impact on alcohol-related collisions of the partial decriminalization of impaired driving in British Columbia, Canada. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 59, 200–205.
Asbridge, M., Brubacher, J., Chan, H. (2013). Cell phone use and traffic crash risk: a culpability analysis. International Journal of Epidemiology, 42(1), 259-267.
Harris, M. A., Reynolds, C. C. O., Winters, M., Cripton, P. A., Shen, H., Chipman, M. L., Cusimano, M. D., Babul, S., Brubacher, J. R., Friedman, S. M., Hunte, G., Monro, M., Vernich, L., Teschke, K. (2013). Comparing the effects of infrastructure on bicycling injury at intersections and non-intersections using a case-crossover design. Injury Prevention: Journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention, 19(5), 303–310.
Brubacher, J., Chan, H., Fang, M., Brown, D., Purssell, R. (2013). Police documentation of alcohol involvement in hospitalized injured drivers. Traffic Injury Prevention, 14(5), 453–460.

2004 – 2012

Teschke, K., Brubacher, J., Friedman, S. M., Cripton, P. A., Harris, M. A., Reynolds, C. C. O., Shen, H., Monro, M., Hunte, G., Chipman, M., Cusimano, M. D., Lea, N. S., Babul, S., Winters, M. (2012). Personal and trip characteristics associated with safety equipment use by injured adult bicyclists: a cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health, 12(1), 765.
Brubacher, J., Chan, H., Asbridge, M. (2012). Development and validation of a crash culpability scoring tool. Traffic Injury Prevention, 13(3), 219–229.
Winters, M., Babul, S., Becker, H. J. E. H. J., Brubacher, J., Chipman, M., Cripton, P., Cusimano, M. D., Friedman, S. M., Harris, M. A., Hunte, G., Monro, M., Reynolds, C. C. O., Shen, H., Teschke, K. (2012). Safe cycling: how do risk perceptions compare with observed risk? Canadian Journal of Public Health, 103(9 Suppl 3), eS42-7.
Ashwell, Z., McKay, M. P., Brubacher, J., Gareau, A. (2012). The epidemiology of mountain bike park injuries at the Whistler Bike Park, British Columbia (BC), Canada. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine, 23(2), 140–145.
Teschke, K., Harris, M. A., Reynolds, C. C. O., Winters, M., Babul, S., Chipman, M., Cusimano, M. D., Brubacher, J. R., Hunte, G., Friedman, S. M., Monro, M., Shen, H., Vernich, L., Cripton, P. A. (2012). Route infrastructure and the risk of injuries to bicyclists: a case-crossover study. American Journal of Public Health, 102(12), 2336–2343.
Purssell, R.A., Brubacher, J.R. (2012) Alcohol-related traffic fatalities declining. British Columbia Medical Journal, 54:90.
Brubacher, J.R. (2011). Cannabis and motor vehicle crashes. British Columbia Medical Journal, 53:292-93.
Lau, M., Brubacher, J.R., Chan, H. (2011). Cannabis and motor vehicle crashes. UBC Medical Journal, 4.
Purssell, R., Brown, D., Brubacher, J. R., Wilson, J., Fang, M., Schulzer, M., Mak, E., Abu-Laban, R. B., Simons, R., Walker, T. (2010). Proportion of injured drivers presenting to a tertiary care emergency department who engage in future impaired driving activities. Traffic Injury Prevention, 11(1), 35-42.
Purssell, R. A., Yarema, M., Wilson, J., Fang, M., Simons, R., Kasic, S., Abu-Laban, R. B., Brubacher, J., Lupu, I. (2004). Proportion of injured alcohol-impaired drivers subsequently convicted of an impaired driving criminal code offence in British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine, 6(2), 80–88.

Last updated: 2024.08.20