HIGHWAY INVESTIGATIONS

THIS PAPER FOCUSES ATTENTION ON NORTH AMERICAN STUDIES OF THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ALCOHOL LEVEL IN THE BLOOD AND TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS, WHERE THE RESEARCHER HAS MOVED FROM THE LABORATORY TO THE STREET OR HIGHWAY AND HIS CASE MATERIAL IS ACTUAL DRIVERS AND PEDESTRIANS BOTH DEAD AND ALIVE. EIGHT SELECTED RESEARCHES ON TRAFFIC DEATHS AND FIVE CONCERNED WITH ALL TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS ARE REVIEWED. THEY CONCLUDE THAT THE PROBABILITY OF A CAR DRIVER BECOMING INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT, HAVING A SINGLE-VEHICLE ACCIDENT, AND HAVING MORE SEVERE AND EXPENSIVE ACCIDENTS THAN SIMILARLY EXPOSED SOBER DRIVERS, INCREASES AS HIS BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL RISES ABOVE 40 MG %, BECOMES PRONOUNCED AT 80 MG %, AND VERY HIGH AT 150 MG%, FURTHER, IT IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY EVIDENT THAT A SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER OF DRINKING DRIVERS WHO COME TO THE ATTENTION OF THE POLICE ARE PERSONS WITH AN ALCOHOL PROBLEM. /CGRA/ REFERENCES' SOME LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS, THE RCMP QUARTERLY, JULY, 1965.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 31, No 2, PP 17-24, 7 TAB, 25 REF
• Authors:
  • Coldwell, B B
  • , Crime Detection Lab
  • Police
• Publication Date: 1965-10

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Rcmp Quarterly /Canada/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcohol tests; Alcohols; Behavior; Crash causes; Crash rates; Driver performance; Drivers; Drunk drivers; Drunk driving; Errors; Perception; Personnel performance; Studies; Traffic crashes; Traffic law enforcement
• Old TRIS Terms: Driver psychology
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00219807
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 18 1994 12:00AM