Alan C. Donelson, Ph.D.

Pharmacology / Toxicology / Applied Statistics / Motor Vehicle Risk Analysis

Principia Engineering, Inc.
220 Sansome Street, Suite 500
San Francisco, California 94104
(415) 398-3018
(415) 398-3088 facsimile

Experience

Dr. Alan Donelson has pursued the statistical study of motor vehicle crashes, their causes and consequences. His investigations have focused on vehicle rollover, post-collision fire, occupant injury, and vehicle crashworthiness. Dr. Donelson specializes in solving complex problems involving multiple variables, for example, to estimate the relative importance of risk factors – human, vehicular, and environmental.

Dr. Donelson’s research interests also include the use and effects of alcohol and other drugs. His pharmacologic and toxicologic research concerns relationships between the presence, concentration, and actions of psychoactive drugs; the effects of drugs on human behavior; and consequences of drug-influenced behavior. In particular, Dr. Donelson has researched the dual role of alcohol as a crash-risk factor as well as an injury-aggravating factor, especially spinal cord injury.

Dr. Donelson works as an independent consultant. Until April 2005, he served as a Principal Scientist with the engineering and scientific consulting firm Exponent Failure Analysis Associates, Inc. (Exponent). Before joining Exponent in 1989, Dr. Donelson had years of research experience with the Traffic Injury Research Foundation of Canada (1981–1989), the Highway Safety Research Institute (now, the Transportation Research Institute) at the University of Michigan (1976–1981), and the University of Michigan School of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology (1975–1976).

Education and Credentials

Ph.D. (Pharmacology), Indiana University, 1976
B.A. (Chemistry), Earlham College, with Honors, 1969

National Safety Council, Committee on Alcohol and Other Drugs (member)
International Council on Alcohol, Other Drugs, and Traffic Safety (member)
Transportation Research Board, Committee on Statistical Methodology and Statistical Computer Software in Transportation Research (member, 1998–2000)

Publications - Motor Vehicle Risk Analysis

Donelson, A.C., and Ayres, T.J. 2007. Preventing Crashes with Trucks at Night: A Few Lessons from Experience. IN: Proceedings of the 11th World Conference on Transport Research, Paper ID 1450, June 24-28, 2007, University of California, Berkeley.

Donelson, A.C., Fordyce, T.A., Zhao, K., and Phillips, E.S. 2002. "The Effectiveness of Retroreflective Tape on Heavy Trailers": A Review and Assessment of NHTSA's Conspicuity Study. Menlo Park, California: Exponent Failure Analysis Associates, Inc.

Donelson, A.C.; Larson, R.E.; Crawford, R.P.; and McCarthy, R.L. 2001. The "K Index": An Assessment. Report prepared for American Suzuki Motor Corporation.

Ray, R.M.; Donelson, A.; Ramachandran, K.; and Wachs, A. 2001. Analysis of the Relationship Between Passenger Vehicle Weight and the Risk of Traffic Fatality and Injury. Report prepared for General Motors Corporation. Menlo Park, California: Exponent Failure Analysis Associates, Inc.

Donelson, A.C., and Ray, R.M. 2001. "Motor Vehicle Rollover Ratings": Toward a Resolution of Statistical Issues. Report prepared for The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers (AAM). Document NHTSA-2000-8298-8 in Docket "U.S. DOT/NHTSA - Notice in Response to Comments, Consumer Information Regulations - Rollover Prevention".

Donelson, A.C.; Forouhar, F.; and Ray, R.M. 2000. The Relative Importance of Factors Related to the Risk of Rollover Among Passenger Vehicles. Report prepared for The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers (AAM) and submitted by the AAM as Appendix 4 to Comments, "Consumer Information Regulations — Rollover Prevention; Request for Comments”. Docket No.: NHTSA-2000-6859, Notice 1 (65 Fed. Reg. 34998, June 1, 2000), Document NHTSA-2000-6859-25.

Donelson, A.C.; Ramachandran, K.; Zhao, K.; and Kalinowski, A. 1999. Rates of occupant deaths in vehicle rollover: Importance of fatality-risk factors. In: Transportation Research Record No. 1665, “Statistical Methods in Transportation and Safety Data Analysis for Highway Geometry, Design, and Operations”, pp. 109-117. Washington, DC: Transportation Research Board.

McCarthy, R.L.; Donelson, A.C.; Fowler, G.F.; and Watson, S.H. 1997. Causal Patterns of “First-Event, On-Road Rollovers”: Analysis of Data from the National Accident Sampling System, Crashworthiness Data System, 1992-1995. Report No. FaAA-SF-R-97-05-15. Menlo Park, CA: Failure Analysis Associates, Inc.

McCarthy, R.L.; Donelson, A.C.; Fowler, G.F.; and Crawford, P.J. 1997. Technical Analysis of Consumers Union’s December 1996 Submission to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Report No. FaAA-SF-R-97-02-17. Menlo Park, CA: Failure Analysis Associates, Inc.

Ayres, T.J.; Donelson, A.C.; Brown, S.; Bjelajac, V.M.; and Van Selow, W. 1996. On-board truck computers and accident risk. In: Safety Engineering and Risk Analysis (SERA), Volume 6, ed. F.J. Mintz, pp. 1-6. Book No. G01033. New York, New York: American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Donelson, A.C.; Ramachandran, K.; and Davis, M.S. 1996. Vehicle rollover: Assessing the relative importance of risk factors with crash scenario analysis. In: Safety Engineering and Risk Analysis (SERA), Volume 6, ed. F.J. Mintz, pp. 7-14. Book No. G01033. New York, New York: American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Donelson, A.C.; Menich, R.P.; Ray, R.M.; and McCarthy, R.L. 1994. Statistical analysis of vehicle rollover: Causal Modeling. In: Proceedings of the 38th Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine [AAAM], pp. 269-294. Des Plaines, Illinois: AAAM.

Ray, R.M.; Donelson, A.C.; and McCarthy, R.M. 1994. Review of NHTSA Analyses of Rollover Accidents in Michigan State Data. FaAA-SF-R-94-10-16. Menlo Park, CA: Failure Analysis Associates, Inc.

Donelson, A.C.; Ray, R.M.; and McCarthy, R.L. 1993. Statistical analysis of vehicle rollover: Causal modeling. In: Safety Engineering and Risk Analysis (SERA), Volume 1, eds. F.A. Elia, Jr., and D.W., Pyatt, pp. 145-153. Book No. H00894. American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

McCarthy, R.L.; Anderson, L.W.; and Donelson, A.C. 1993. An examination of the 1977 model year FMVSS 301 effect on subcompact car rear-impact fire risk. In: Safety Engineering and Risk Analysis (SERA), Volume 1, eds. F.A. Elia, Jr., and D.W., Pyatt, pp. 163-169. Book No. H00894. New York, New York: American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Donelson, A.C.; Beyer, R.R.; Van Selow, W.; Parthasarathy, V.; and McCarthy, R. L. 1993. The “funny spare”: An examination of risks and benefits. In: Safety Engineering and Risk Analysis (SERA), Volume 1, eds. F.A. Elia, Jr., and D.W., Pyatt, pp. 177-183. Book No. H00894. New York, New York: American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Donelson, A.C.; Ray, R.M.; Padmanaban, J.; McCarthy, R.L. 1990. Rollover as an Outcome of Crashes Involving Utility Vehicles: An Assessment of Causal Factors. Report no. FaAA-DT-R-90-06-15. Menlo Park, California: Failure Analysis Associates, Inc.

Donelson, A.C., and Lange, R. C. 1990. F- and P-Car Rear Disc Brake: Risk Assessment. Report no. FaAA-DT-R-90-11-01. Menlo Park, California: Failure Analysis Associates, Inc.

Publications - Alcohol, Other Drugs, and Traffic Safety

Cimbura, G.; Lucas, D.M.; Bennett, R.C.; and Donelson, A.C. 1990. Incidence and toxicological aspects of cannabis and ethanol detected in 1394 fatally injured drivers and pedestrians in Ontario (1982-1984). Journal of Forensic Sciences 35(5): 1035-1041.

Simpson, H.M.; Mayhew, D.R.; Courchesne, G.M.G.; Wood, K.N.; and Donelson, A.C. 1990. Consommation d'alcool chez les personnes décédées dans des accidents de véhicules routiers: Canada 1988. Ottawa, Ontario: The Traffic Injury Research Foundation of Canada.

Donelson, A.C. 1990. National Trends in Alcohol Use Among Drivers Involved in Fatal Highway Crashes: 1982 - 1989. Report no. FaAA-SF-R-90-11-14. Menlo Park, California: Failure Analysis Associates, Inc.

Donelson, A.C. 1989. The Alcohol-crash Problem and Its Persistence: The Need to Deal Effectively with the Hard Core of Drinking Drivers. Paper presented to the 34th International Institute on the Prevention and Treatment of Alcoholism, Pontault-Combault, France, June 1989. Ottawa, Ontario: Traffic Injury Research Foundation of Canada.

Donelson, A.C.; Walsh, P.J.; and Courchesne, G.M.G. 1989. Alcohol Use Among Persons Fatally Injured in Motor Vehicle Accidents: Canada, 1987. Ottawa, Ontario: Traffic Injury Research Foundation of Canada.

Donelson, A.C.; Courchesne, G.M.G.; and Walsh, P.J. 1989. Drinking and Driving in Ontario: Statistical Yearbook. Toronto: The Ministry of the Attorney General.

Donelson, A.C. 1989. Review of Drugs and Driving: Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Prescription Drugs and Driving Performance, eds. J.F. O'Hanlon and J.J. de Gier. Taylor & Francis, London. Accident Analysis and Prevention 21(4): 402-404.

Donelson, A.C.; Beirness, D.J.; Haas, G.C.; and Walsh, P.J. 1989. The Role of Alcohol in Fatal Traffic Crashes: British Columbia, 1985-1986. Ottawa, Ontario: Traffic Injury Research Foundation of Canada.

Donelson, A.C. (with Simpson, H.M., Mayhew, D.R., et al.). 1989. The Incidence and Role of Alcohol and Other Drugs in Fatal Transportation Accidents in Canada. Ottawa, Ontario: Transport Canada, Strategic Policy Development, Policy and Coordination.

Donelson, A.C. 1988. The alcohol-crash problem. In: The Social Control of Drinking and Driving, eds. M. Lawrence, J. Snortum, and F. Zimring, pp. 3-40. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.

Walsh, P.J.; Beirness, D.J.; Haas, G.C.; and Donelson, A.C. 1988. Alcohol Use by Persons Fatally Injured in Motor Vehicle Accidents: 1986. Report No. TP-8156E-86. Ottawa, Ontario: Transport Canada, Road Safety and Motor Vehicle Regulation Directorate.

Donelson, A.C.; Beirness, D.J.; and Simpson, H.M. 1988. Beverage Alcohol Concentration and Traffic Safety. Ottawa, Ontario: Traffic Injury Research Foundation of Canada.

Donelson, A.C.; Simpson, H.M.; Mayhew, D.R.; Courchesne, G.; Walsh, P.J.; and Beirness, D.J. 1988. Saskatchewan's Driving Without Impairment Program: An Assessment of Its Impact. Regina: Saskatchewan Education.

Donelson, A.C.; Beirness, D.J.; and Walsh, P.J. 1988. Social and Economic Consequences of Fatal Traffic Crashes Involving Alcohol-impaired Driving. Ontario, 1982-1986. Toronto, Ontario: The Ministry of the Attorney General.

Donelson, A.C.; Beirness, D.J.; and Walsh, P.J. 1988. Deaths Among Drinking Drivers During December in Ontario. Toronto, Ontario: The Ministry of the Attorney General.

Donelson, A.C.; Beirness, D.J.; Mayhew, D.R.; and Simpson, H.M. 1987. Youth, Alcohol, and Traffic Accidents: Past Research and Future Directions. Ottawa, Ontario: The Department of Justice, Canada.

Donelson, A.C.; Beirness, D.J.; and Mayhew, D.R. 1987. The Drinking-age Issue: A Critical Examination. Ottawa, Ontario: Traffic Injury Research Foundation of Canada.

Donelson, A.C.; Walsh, P.J.; and Haas, G.C. 1987. Alcohol Use by Persons Fatally Injured in Motor Vehicle Accidents: 1985. Report No. TP-8156E-85. Ottawa, Ontario: Transport Canada, Road Safety and Motor Vehicle Regulation Directorate.

Donelson, A.C. 1987. Preventive measures in alcohol, other drugs, and traffic safety: The state of the art of comparative research. In: Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety - T86, eds. P.C. Noordzij and R. Roszbach, pp. 149-158. International Congress Series 721. Amsterdam: Exerpta Medica.

Donelson, A.C. 1987. Cannabis and alcohol use among drivers and pedestrians fatally injured in traffic crashes. In: Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety - T86, eds. P.C. Noordzij and R. Roszbach, pp. 271-274. International Congress Series 721. Amsterdam: Exerpta Medica.

Mayhew, D.R.; Donelson, A.C.; and Simpson, H.M. 1987. Alcohol and cannabis among fatally injured motorcyclists. In: Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety - T86, eds. P.C. Noordzij and R. Roszbach, pp. 267-270. International Congress Series 721. Amsterdam: Exerpta Medica.

Donelson, A.C.; Beirness, D.J.; and Haas, G.C. 1987. Canadian Data on Alcohol-impaired Driving: An Inventory and An Assessment. Ottawa, Ontario: The Department of Justice, Canada.

Donelson, A.C.; Beirness, D.J.; Haas, G.C.; and Walsh, P.J. 1987. Alcohol and Fatal Traffic Crashes in British Columbia During 1985. Ottawa, Ontario: Traffic Injury Research Foundation of Canada.

Donelson, A.C.; Beirness, D.J.; and Walsh, P.J. 1987. Deaths Among Drinking Drivers in Ontario and Other Provinces: Seasonal Trends. Toronto, Ontario: The Ministry of the Attorney General.

Donelson, A.C.; Beirness, D.J.; Mayhew, D.R.; and Simpson, H.M. 1987 Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) Limits in Impaired-driving Laws: Their History, Scientific Basis, and Effectiveness. Ottawa, Ontario: Traffic Injury Research Foundation of Canada.

Donelson, A.C.; Simpson, H.M.; and Mayhew, D.R. 1986. Changes in the Alcohol-crash Problem During December and January: Provincial Comparisons. Toronto, Ontario: The Ministry of the Attorney General.

Donelson, A.C.; Haas, G.C.; and Walsh, P.J. 1986. Deaths Among Ontario's Drinking Drivers During December: An Update. Toronto, Ontario: The Ministry of the Attorney General.

Donelson, A.C.; Haas, G.C.; and Walsh, P.J. 1986. The Etiology of Fatal Traffic Accidents Involving Alcohol and Cannabis. Ottawa, Ontario: Department of National Health and Welfare, National Health Research and Development Program.

Donelson, A.C., and Kaite, B. 1986. Impaired-driving Legislation: Comparisons Among Countries. Ottawa, Ontario: The Department of Justice, Canada.

Mayhew, D.R.; Donelson, A.C.; Beirness, D.J.; and Simpson, H.M. 1986. Youth, alcohol and relative risk of crash involvement. Accident Analysis and Prevention 18(4): 273-287.

Donelson, A.C., and Simpson, H.M. 1985. Research and the real world of people: Stepping down from the ivory tower. In: Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety. Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety - San Juan, Puerto Rico 1983, eds. S. Kaye and G.W. Meier, pp. 77-84. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration report no. DOT-HS-806-814. Washington, D.C.: The U.S. Department of Transportation.

Donelson, A.C. 1985. Facing the future in alcohol and traffic safety. In: Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety. Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety - San Juan, Puerto Rico 1983, eds. S. Kaye and G.W. Meier, pp. 351-364. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration technical report no. DOT-HS-806-814. Washington, D.C.: The U.S. Department of Transportation.

Beirness, D.J., and Donelson, A.C. 1985. Noncompliance with per se laws: Ignorance or inability? In: Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety. Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety - San Juan, Puerto Rico 1983, eds. S. Kaye and G.W. Meier, pp. 155-167. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration technical report no. DOT-HS-806-814. Washington, D.C.: The U.S. Department of Transportation.

Donelson, A.C. 1985. Cannabis and driving: Leaving no turn unstoned. In: Alcohol, Drugs and Canadian Youth. Proceedings of a Symposium on Epidemiological and Social/Psychological Studies Concerning Alcohol and Drug Use Among Young People, eds. B. Rush and N. Layne, pp. 129-151. Joint publication of the Health Promotion Directorate of Health and Welfare, Canada, the Addiction Research Foundation of Ontario, and the Canadian Addictions Foundation.

Donelson, A.C.; Beirness, D.J.; and Mayhew, D.R. 1985. Characteristics of Drinking Drivers. Impaired Driving report no. 1. Ottawa, Ontario: The Department of Justice, Canada.

Donelson, A.C., and Beirness, D.J. 1985. Legislative Issues Related to Drinking and Driving. Impaired Driving report no. 2. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: The Department of Justice, Canada.

Beirness, D.J.; Haas, G.C.; Walsh, P.J.; and Donelson, A.C. 1985. Alcohol and Fatal Road Accidents in Canada: A Statistical Look at its Magnitude and Persistence. Impaired Driving report No. 3. Ottawa, Ontario: The Department of Justice, Canada.

Donelson, A.C. 1985. Alcohol and Road Accidents in Canada: Issues Related to Future Strategies and Priorities. Impaired Driving report no. 4. Ottawa, Ontario: The Department of Justice, Canada.

Donelson, A.C. 1985. Alcohol and Road Accidents in Canada: Issues Related to Future Strategies and Priorities. Synopsis. Impaired Driving report no. 5. Ottawa, Ontario: The Department of Justice, Canada.

Donelson, A.C. 1985. Drinking and driving in the sociocultural context: Research needs and opportunities. In: "Alcohol and Highway Safety. Proceedings of the North American Conference on Alcohol and Highway Safety", eds. T.B. Turner, R.F. Borkenstein, R.K. Jones, and R.B. Santora, pp. 70-89. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, Supplement No. 10, July 1985.

Donelson, A.C. 1985. Between molecule (alcohol) and mayhem (road crashes): The case for humane intervention and the role of social and behavioral sciences. In: Human Behavior and Traffic Safety, eds. L. Evans and R.C. Schwing, pp. 421-479. New York: Plenum Press.

Donelson, A.C. 1985. The complex problem and its varied solutions. In: Proceedings of the [Second] Provincial Conference on Traffic Safety for Community Leaders, pp. 87-94. North Vancouver: Insurance Corporation of British Columbia.

Simpson, H.M.; Beirness, D.J.; Mayhew, D.R.; and Donelson, A.C. 1985. Alcohol-specific Controls: Implications for Road Safety. Ottawa, Ontario: The Traffic Injury Research Foundation of Canada.

Donelson, A.C.; Mayhew, D.R.; and Simpson, H.M. 1985. Dealing with the Alcohol-crash Problem: A Role for Health Promotion. Ottawa, Ontario: The Traffic Injury Research Foundation of Canada.

Donelson, A.C.; Cimbura, G.; Bennett, R.C.; and Lucas, D.M. 1985. The Ontario Monitoring Project: Cannabis and Alcohol Use Among Drivers and Pedestrians Fatally Injured in Motor Vehicle Accidents from March 1982 through July 1984. Ottawa, Ontario: The Traffic Injury Research Foundation.

Beirness, D.J., and Donelson, A.C. 1985. Community-based Drinking-driving Countermeasures: Assessment of the "Beaches" Campaign. Toronto, Ontario: The Ministry of the Attorney General.

Donelson, A.C. 1985. Alcohol and Fatal Motor Vehicle Accidents in Ontario: An Assessment of Province-wide Efforts to Reduce the Alcohol-crash problem. Toronto, Ontario: The Ministry of the Attorney General; Downsview, Ontario: The Ministry of Transportation and Communications.

Haas, G.C., and Donelson, A.C. 1985. A Study to Capture Data on Fatal Motor Vehicle Accidents in Canada with Emphasis on Alcohol-impaired Driving. Ottawa, Ontario: Departments of Health and Welfare Canada and Transport Canada.

Haas, G.C.; Walsh, P.J.; and Donelson, A.C. 1985. Capture and Computerization of Coroners' Data on 1984 Fatal Motor Vehicle Accidents in British Columbia. North Vancouver, B.C.: Insurance Corporation of British Columbia.

Haas, G.C.; Walsh, P.J.; and Donelson, A.C. 1985. Alcohol Use by Persons Fatally Injured in Motor Vehicle Accidents: 1984. Report No. TP-8156E-84.. Ottawa, Ontario: Transport Canada, Road Safety and Motor Vehicle Regulation Directorate.

Donelson, A.C. (ed.) 1984. Drinking and Driving: Countermeasures Conference 1983. Toronto, Ontario: The Ministry of the Attorney General.

Donelson, A.C. 1984. Alcohol and road accidents. What is the problem and where do we go from here? In: Drinking and Driving: Countermeasures Conference 1983, ed. A.C. Donelson, pp. 1-15, Toronto, Ontario: The Ministry of the Attorney General.

Donelson, A.C. 1983. Development of Resources to Support Community-based Initiatives Related to Drinking and Driving. Interim Report. Ottawa, Ontario: Traffic Injury Research Foundation of Canada.

Donelson, A.C. 1983. Development of Resources to Support Community-based Initiatives Related to Drinking and Driving: Identification of Alternatives and Recommendations. Ottawa, Ontario: Traffic Injury Research Foundation of Canada.

Donelson, A.C. 1983. Alcohol and Road accidents. Future Strategies and Priorities. Ottawa, Ontario: The Traffic Injury Research Foundation of Canada; Edmonton, Alberta: Alberta Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Commission.

Warren, R.A. and Donelson, A.C. 1982. Alcohol and Traffic Safety: Strategies and Priorities for the Future. Ottawa, Ontario: Traffic Injury Research Foundation of Canada.

Donelson, A.C. 1982. Facing the future in alcohol and traffic safety: The Lake Louise symposium and beyond. In: Papers Presented at the 19th Annual Meeting of the Traffic Injury Research Foundation of Canada, pp. 83-133. Ottawa, Ontario: Traffic Injury Research Foundation of Canada.

Donelson, A.C. 1982. The epidemiology of alcohol and marijuana. In: Study Week in Traffic Safety, March 29 - April 1, 1982, eds. E. Hauer and G.J.S. Wilde. Department of Civil Engineering, University of Toronto; Department of Psychology, Queen's University, Canada.

Donelson, A.C. 1982. Review of Deterring the Drinking Driver--Legal Policy and Social Control by H.L. Ross. In: Health Education, Vol. 21, No. 3, Winter 1982.

Joscelyn, K.B. and Donelson, A.C. 1981. Drugs and highway safety: A perspective for the 1980s. In: Alcohol, Drugs, and Traffic Safety, Volume I, ed. L. Goldberg, pp. 61-83. Stockholm, Sweden, Almqvist & Witsell International.

Marks, M.E.; Donelson, A.C.; Treat, J.R.; Jones, R.K.; and Joscelyn, K.B. 1981. Workshop to Review Problem Behaviour Research Programs: Alcohol, Drugs, and Highway Safety. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration contract no. DOT-HS-8-02031. National Technical Information Service: Springfield, Virginia.

Joscelyn, K.B.; Donelson, A.C.; and Ruschmann, P.A. 1981. Drugs and Highway Safety. Ann Arbor, Michigan: Transportation Planning and Policy, The University of Michigan.

Veldkamp, M.B.; Donelson, A.C.; and Joscelyn, K.B., eds. 1980. Drugs and Driving: A Selected Bibliography. Supplement Two. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration contract no. DOT-HS-7-01530. National Technical Information Service: Springfield, Virginia.

Veldkamp, M.B.; Donelson, A.C.; and Joscelyn, K.B., eds. 1980. Drugs and Driving: A Selected Bibliography. Supplement Three. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration contract no. DOT-HS-7-01530. National Technical Information Service: Springfield, Virginia.

Joscelyn, K.B.; Donelson, A.C.; Jones, R.K.; McNair, J.W.; and Ruschmann, P.A. 1980. Drugs and Highway Safety 1980. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration technical report no. DOT-HS-805-466. National Technical Information Service: Springfield, Virginia.

Donelson, A.C.; Marks, M.E.; Jones, R.K.; and Joscelyn, K.B. 1980. Drug Research Methodology. Volume One. The Alcohol-Highway Safety Experience and Its Applicability to Other Drugs. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration technical report no. DOT-HS-805-354. National Technical Information Service: Springfield, Virginia.

Joscelyn, K.B. and Donelson, A.C. 1980. Drug Research Methodology. Volume Two. The Identification of Drugs of Interest in Highway Safety. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration technical report no. DOT-HS-805-299. National Technical Information Service: Springfield, Virginia.

Joscelyn, K.B. and Donelson, A.C. 1980. Drug Research Methodology. Volume Three. The Detection and Quantitation of Drugs of Interest in Body Fluids from Drivers. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration technical report no. DOT-HS-805-375. National Technical Information Service: Springfield, Virginia.

Joscelyn, K.B. and Donelson, A.C. 1980. Drug Research Methodology. Volume Four. Epidemiology in Drugs and Highway Safety: The Study of Drug Use Among Drivers and Its Role in Traffic Crashes. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration technical report no. DOT-HS-805-485. National Technical Information Service: Springfield, Virginia.

Joscelyn, K.B. and Donelson, A.C. 1980. Drug Research Methodology. Volume Five. Experimentation in Drugs and Highway Safety: The Study of Drug Effects on Skills Related to Driving. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration technical report no. DOT-HS-805-462. National Technical Information Service: Springfield, Virginia.

Donelson, A.C.; McNair, J.W.; Ruschmann, P.A.; and Joscelyn, K.B. 1980. The Incidence of Drugs Among Fatally Injured Drivers: Feasibility Study. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration contract no. DOT-HS-8-02024. Ann Arbor, Michigan: The University of Michigan, Highway Safety Research Institute.

Joscelyn, K.B.; Jones, R.K.; Maickel, R.P.; and Donelson, A.C. 1979. Drugs and Driving: Information Needs and Research Requirements. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration technical report no. DOT-HS-804-774. National Technical Information Service: Springfield, Virginia.

Joscelyn, K.B.; and Donelson, A.C. 1979. Drugs and Driving: A Selected Bibliography. Supplement One. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration report no. DOT-HS-803-879. National Technical Information Service: Springfield, Virginia.

Joscelyn, K.B. and Donelson, A.C. 1978. Drugs and highway safety: Research issues and information needs. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Automotive Medicine (22nd Conference), and the International Association for Accident and Traffic Medicine (VII Conference), ed. D.F. Huelke, p. 268-92. Morton Grove, Illinois: American Association for Automotive Medicine.

Joscelyn, K.B. and Donelson, A.C. 1978. Drugs and highway safety: Research issues and information needs. The HSRI Research Review 9(2): 2-17.

Donelson, A.; Olson, P.; Sivak, M. 1978. Drugs, Driving and the Elderly: A Bibliography. Ann Arbor, Michigan: The University of Michigan Highway Safety Research Institute.

Publications - Other Studies in Safety

Donelson, A.; Schmidt-Hargrave, R.; Kennett, K.; Ramachandran, K.; Cheng, L.; and Thibault, L. 1997. Alcohol as an injury-aggravating factor. In: T’97, Proceedings of the 14 th International Conference on Alcohol, Drugs, and Traffic Safety, Volume 1, ed. C. Mercier-Guyon, pp. 125-130. Annecy, France: Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches en Médecine du Trafic.

Donelson, A.C.; Kelkar, R; and Lau, E. 1997. Alcohol, boating accidents, and the interpretation of BAC. In: T’97, Proceedings of the 14 th International Conference on Alcohol, Drugs, and Traffic Safety, Volume 2, ed. C. Mercier-Guyon, pp. 533-538. Annecy, France: Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches en Médecine du Trafic.

Mayhew, D.R.; Beirness, D.J.; Donelson, A.C.; and Simpson, H.M. 1987. Why are young drivers at greater risk of collision? In: Young Drivers Impaired by Alcohol and Other Drugs, ed. T. Benjamin, pp. 65-71. London: Royal Society of Medicine Services.

Donelson, A.C., and Mayhew, D.R. 1987. Driver Improvement as Post-Licensing Control: The State of Knowledge. Downsview, Ontario: Ministry of Transportation and Communications.

Mayhew, D.R.; Simpson, H.M.; and Donelson, A.C. (eds.) 1985. Young Driver Accidents: In Search of Solutions. Ottawa, Ontario: The Traffic Injury Research Foundation of Canada.

Donelson, A.C. 1985. Owning the problem of youth and motor vehicle accidents: The issue of responsibility and implications for countermeasure strategies. In: Young Driver Accidents: In Search of Solutions, eds. D.R. Mayhew, H.M. Simpson, and A.C. Donelson, pp. 141-165. Ottawa, Ontario: The Traffic Injury Research Foundation of Canada.

Haas, G., and Donelson, A.C. 1982. Tractor-trailer trucks and fatal crashes in Canada, 1974 to 1979. In: Papers Presented at the 19th Annual Meeting of the Traffic Injury Research Foundation of Canada, pp. 57-80. Ottawa, Ontario: Traffic Injury Research Foundation of Canada.

Publications - Chemistry and Pharmacology

Donelson, A.C.; Bosin, T.R.; Campaigne, E.; Rogers, R.B.; and Maickel, R.P. 1979. Comparative effects of 5,6-dihydroxytryptamine and its benzo[b]thiophene analogue on biogenic amines in the rat. Biochemical Pharmacology 28: 3339-3343.

Domino, E.F.; Donelson, A.C.; and Tuttle, T. 1978. Effects of 9-tetrahydrocannabinol on regional brain acetylcholine. In: Cholinergic Mechanisms and Psychopharmacology, ed. D.J. Jenden. New York: Plenum.

Maickel, R.P.; Bosin, T.R.; Donelson, A.C.; Campaigne, E.; and Rogers, R.B. 1978. Structure-activity relationships in compounds analogous to 5,6-dihydroxytryptamine. In "Serotonin Neurotoxins", Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 305: 134-146.

Donelson, A.C. 1976. Monoaminergic Activity and Behavior: A Comparison of 5,6-dihydroxytryptamine with Related Compounds. Ph.D. Thesis, Indiana University.

Donelson, A.C., and Domino, E.F. 1976. Effects of (-)delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol on regional brain acetylcholine in the rat. Federation Proceedings 35(3): 307.

Donelson, A.C.; Manian, A.A.; and Maickel, R.P. 1976. Behavioral and biochemical pharmacology of 5,6-di-substituted tryptamines. The Pharmacologist 18(2): 200.

Maickel, R.P.; Bosin, T.R.; Campaigne, R.; and Donelson, A.C. 1976. Behavioral, biochemical and toxicological studies of 3-(B-aminoethyl) -5,6-isopropylidenedioxy-benzo[b]thiophene (IPST) in the rat. The Pharmacologist 18(2): 200.

Donelson, A.C.; Bosin, T.R.; and Maickel, R.P. 1974. Possible structural specificity for the neurotoxic actions of 5,6-dihydroxytryptamine. Abstract 168, p. 192. Society for Neuroscience, Fourth Annual Meeting.

Donelson, A.C.; Bosin, T.R.; Campaigne, E.; Rogers, R.B.; Webb, R.W.; and Maickel, R.P. 1973. Chemical pharmacology of benzo[b]thiophene derivatives. X. Analogs of 5,6-dihydroxytryptamine. The Pharmacologist 15: 184.

Campaigne, E.; Rogers, R.B.; Donelson, A.C.; and Bosin, T.R. 1973. Benzo[b]thiophene derivatives. XX. The sulfur isostere of 5,6-dihydroxytryptamine. Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry 10: 979-981.

Selected Presentations - Risk Analysis

Donelson, A.C. 2007. Predictive models of crash consequences: Simplifying complexity. Presented at the 11th World Conference on Transport Research, Paper ID 1477, June 24-28, 2007, University of California, Berkeley.

Donelson, A.C. 2006. Statistical models of vehicle rollover: A comparison. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Risk Analysis, 3-6 December 2006, Baltimore, Maryland.

Donelson, A.C. 2004. Applications of propensity score analysis (PSA) to motor vehicle risk analysis. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Risk Analysis, 5-8 December 2004, Palm Springs, California.

Donelson, A.C.; Zhao, K.; and Huang, S-W. 2004. Predicting the future performance of new-model passenger vehicles with historical data on real-world crashes. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Risk Analysis, 5-8 December 2004, Palm Springs, California.

Zhao, K., and Donelson, A.C. 2003. Driver injury risk in crashes with frontal impact: Predictive value and relative importance of scores from NHTSA's NCAP tests. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Risk Analysis, 7-10 December 2003, Baltimore, Maryland.

Donelson, A.C., and Zhao, K. 2003. Field performance of side air bags: Comparing multiple logistic regression and propensity score analysis. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Risk Analysis, 7-10 December 2003, Baltimore, Maryland.