Accepted Manuscript Title: Prevalence of therapeutic drugs in blood of drivers involved in traffic crashes in the area of Bologna, Italy Authors: Guido Pelletti (Conceptualization) (Formal analysis), Alain Verstraete (Writing - original draft), Tim Reyns (Methodology), Rossella Barone (Investigation), Francesca Rossi (Data curation), Marco Garagnani (Writing - review and editing), Susi Pelotti (Supervision) PII: S0379-0738(19)30326-3 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2019.109914 Article Number: 109914 Reference: FSI 109914 To appear in: FSI Received date: 7 May 2019 Revised date: 26 July 2019 Accepted date: 30 July 2019 Please cite this article as: Pelletti G, Verstraete A, Reyns T, Barone R, Rossi F, Garagnani M, Pelotti S, Prevalence of therapeutic drugs in blood of drivers involved in traffic crashes in the area of Bologna, Italy, Forensic Science International (2019), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2019.109914 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain.