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LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY Question On Notice

Thursday, 15 February 2018

2560. Ms M. M Quirk to the Minister for Police;

I refer to the commencement of operation of the Road Traffic Amendment Act 2016 in March 2017 which introduced compulsory blood or urine samples to be taken from drivers involved in serious crashes, and I ask: (a) since March 2017 how many such samples have been taken; (b) for what specific substances are those blood or urine samples tested; (c) what are the results of those tests to date; and (d) what percentage of drivers have been found to have ingested more than one substance capable of impairing driving skills?

Answer (a) The compulsory taking of blood from all drivers involved in serious crashes commenced on 10 March 2017. Between 10 March 2017 and 22 February 2018 (inclusive) a total of 398 blood test samples have been collected under the provision of the Road Traffic Amendment Act 2016. There have been no urine tests collected. (b) Please see attached table for a list of substances in blood sample that are identifiable in ChemCentre toxicology analysis (Paper Number). (c) Of the 398 blood samples collected, 48 are pending results of ChemCentre analysis. Of the 350 analysed, 259 samples had a specific substance(s) detected and 91 samples had no specific substance detected. d) Of the 259 samples with specific substance(s) detected, 92% were found to have multiple substances (more than one).

Detectable Substances in Blood Samples capable of identification by the ChemCentre WA. ACETALDEHYDE / METABOLITES ACETAZOLAMIDE ACETYLCODEINE ACETYLENE AMPHETAMINE & METHYLAMPHETAMINE ACETYLSALICYLATE AMPHETAMINE, & ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID AMPHETAMINES BY IMMUNOASSAY AMPICILLIN ALCOHOL (CALC FOR LAST DRINK) AMYL NITRITE ALPHA NORTESTOSTERONE AMYLOBARBITONE ALPHA- ANDROST-4-ENE-3,17-DIONE AMIDOPYRINE ATRACURIUM ARTEFACT/METABOLITE AMINOCLONAZEPAM AMINO- AMINONITRAZEPAM B HYDROXY- AMIODARONE METABOLITES BARBITONE AMITRIPTYLINE AMITRIPTYLINE AND NORTRIPTYLINE AMITRIPTYLINE METABOLITES BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE AMITRIPTYLINE/NORTRIPTYLINE BENZENE, AND METABOLITE BENZHEXOL BENZODIAZEPINE METABOLITE BUPRENORPHINE (FREE) BUPRENORPHINE (TOTAL) BENZODIAZEPINES BY IMMUNOASSAY BUPRENORPHINE BY CEDIA BENZODIAZEPINES IN URINE BY TDX BUPRENORPHINE BY ELISA BUPRENORPHINE BY IMMUNOASSAY BENZOQUINONE BENZOYL ECGONINE BUPROPION METABOLITE BENZTROPINE BENZTROPINE METABOLITE BUTOBARBITONE BENZYDIAMINE BUTYL NITRITE (BZP) CAFFEINE BETA NORTESTOSTERONE BETA-BOLDENONE CANNABINOIDS (THC) BETAMETHASONE CANNABINOIDS BY IMMUNOASSAY BIPERIDEN METABOLITE ( COMPONENTS) BISACODYL CAPTOPRIL CARBAMAZEPINE EPOXIDE BOLDENONE CARBAMAZEPINE METABOLITE CARBON MONOXIDE BROMADIOLONE CARBON TETRACHLORIDE CARBOXYTETRAHYDROCANNABINOL BROMOCHLORODIFLUOROMETHANE BROMPHENIRAMINE CITALOPRAM AND METABOLITE CITALOPRAM METABOLITE CEPHALEXIN CLINDAMYACIN HYDRATE CHLORAMPHENICOL CLOBAZAM METABOLITE CHLORBUTOL CLOFIBRATE & METABOLITES CLOMIPRAMINE METABOLITE CHLORINATED HYDROCARBONS CLONAZEPAM AND METABOLITE CHLORINE CLONAZEPAM METABOLITE CHLORMETHIAZOLE CLORBENZOREX CHLOROPHENE CHLOROQUINE CLOZAPINE & CHLOROQUINE METABOLITE CLOZAPINE AND METABOLITE CLOZAPINE AND METABOLITES CHLORPHENIRAMINE CLOZAPINE METABOLITE CHLORPHENIRAMINE AND METABOLITE CHLORPHENIRAMINE METABOLITE COCAINE & METABOLITES CHLORPROMAZINE METABOLITE COCAINE BY IMMUNOASSAY COCAINE HYDROCHLORIDE CHLORTHIAZIDE COCAINE METABOLITES CODEINE & CODEINE (FREE) CISATRACURIUM CODEINE (TOTAL) CODEINE AND METABOLITE DEBRISOQUINE CODEINE AND DEFERIPRONE CODEINE METABOLITES COLCHICINE DEHYDROTESTOSTERONE UNDECYLATE COMMON ACID/NEUTRAL/BASIC COMMON ACIDIC/NEUTRAL DRUGS DESACETYLDILTIAZEM COMMON AMPHETAMINES DESALKYL COMMON ANABOLIC DESALKYLFLURAZEPAM COMMON DESALKYLQUETIAPINE COMMON BASIC DRUGS DESALKYLVERAPAMIL COMMON BRONCHODILATORS DESCARBOETHOXYLORATADINE COMMON DRUGS DESCLOMIPRAMINE COMMON DRUGS OF ABUSE DESETHYLAMIODARONE COMMON DRUGS/POISONS DESETHYLCHLOROQUINE COMMON HYPNOTIC DRUGS COMMON ILLICIT DRUGS DESIPRAMINE METABOLITES COMMON SOLVENTS DESMETHYCLOZAPINE COMMON ANTIDEPRESSANTS DESMETHYLCHLORPROMAZINE COMMON VOLATILE HYDROCARBONS CONICEINE DESMETHYLCLOBAZAM CONIINE DESMETHYLCLOMIPRAMINE DESMETHYLCLOZAPINE CREATININE DESMETHYLDIAZEPAM CYANIDE DESMETHYLDIAZEPAM/ DESMETHYLDILTIAZEM CYCLOBARBITONE DESMETHYLDOTHIEPIN CYCLOHEXANE DESMETHYLDOXEPIN DESMETHYLDOXYLAMINE CYPROHEPTADINE METABOLITE DESMETHYLMIANSERIN DANTROLENE DESMETHYLMIRTAZAPINE DESMETHYLMIRTAZEPINE DESMETHYLOLANZAPINE DICLOFENAC METABOLITE DESMETHYLPROMETHAZINE DESMETHYLQUETIAPINE DICYCLOMINE DESMETHYLSERTRALINE DIETHYL DESMETHYLSILDENAFIL DESMETHYLTRAMADOL DIETHYLPROPION DESMETHYLTRIFLUOPERAZINE DESMETHYLTRIMIPRAMINE DIFLUNISAL METABOLITE DESMETHYLVENLAFAXINE DIGOXIN DESMETHYLVERAPAMIL DIGOXIN BY IMMUNOASSAY DEXAMPHETAMINE DIHYDROCODEINE (FREE) DIHYDROCODEINE (TOTAL) DIHYDROCODEINE METABOLITE DEXTROMETHORPHAN AND METABOLITE DEXTROMETHORPHAN AND METABOLITESDIHYDROMORPHINE DEXTROMETHORPHAN METABOLITE DILTIAZEM AND DEACETYLDILTIAZEM DIACETYLMORPHINE DILTIAZEM AND METABOLITE DIACETYLMORPHINE () AND DILTIAZEM AND METABOLITES METABOLITE DILTIAZEM METABOLITE DILTIAZEM METABOLITES DIAZEPAM & DESMETHYLDIAZEPAM DIAZEPAM AND METABOLITES DIAZEPAM METABOLITES DIMETHYLSULPHIDE DIMETHYLTRYPTAMINE . 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