Recommends 34 indicators for enhancing and standardizing the collection of drug-impaired driving data across Canada to help reduce injuries and fatalities. The report also explores considerations for implementing the recommendations, including the need for systematic and standardized methods, developing a joint approach, increasing knowledge and efficiencies through data sharing, filling the gaps, and increasing diversity, as well as the financial costs and benefits of investment to implement the recommendations.

Key messages:

• Little is known about drug-impaired driving (DID), aside from alcohol-impaired driving, despite being an increasing risk to Canadians.
• Most data on DID comes from criminal acts and deaths. If we want to better understand and reduce DID, data are needed from other sources, like hospitalized drivers, roadside surveys, courts and public surveys.
• The DID Indicators Advisory Committee recommends 34 indicators across nine areas to better measure, understand and address the issue.
• Many professionals working in DID recommend greater collaboration and anonymized data sharing across federal, provincial, territorial and municipal government and nongovernment organizations.
• Agencies involved in DID across Canada can help reduce drug-impaired driving by collecting and sharing more DID data.