THE ROLE OF ALCOHOL IN COLLISIONS INVOLVING TRUCKS AND THE FATALLY INJURED

THE ROLE OF ALCOHOL WAS STUDIED IN COLLISIONS IN WHICH DRIVERS OF LARGE TRUCKS AND PICKUP TRUCKS WERE INVOLVED EITHER AS FATALLY INJURED OR SURVIVING DRIVERS. DRIVERS OF LARGE TRUCKS ALMOST ALWAYS WERE THE SURVIVORS, USUALLY WERE NOT AT FAULT, AND PROBABLY HAD NOT BEEN DRINKING IN ANY OF THEIR CRASHES. THE FATALLY INJURED DRIVERS OR PEDESTRIANS WHO INITIATED THE CRASHES COMMONLY HAD HIGH BLOOD ALCOHOL CONCENTRATIONS. IN CONTRAST, DRIVERS OF PICKUP TRUCKS MORE OFTEN WERE FATALLY INJURED IN THESE CRASHES, FREQUENTLY WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR CRASHES, AND USUALLY HAD HIGH BLOOD CONCENTRATIONS. A COMPARISON OF BLOOD ALCOHOL CONCENTRATIONS AND POLICE ASSESSMENTS OF DRINKING SHOWED THAT AN ASSESSMENT THAT A PERSON HAD NOT BEEN DRINKING WAS CORRECT IN ONLY 48% OF CASES IN WHICH THE PERSON OR HIS VEHICLE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CRASH, BUT IN ALL CASES REVIEWED WHERE HE WAS NOT RESPONSIBLE. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 20, No 2, PP 254-258
• Authors:
  • Waller, J A
• Publication Date: 1970-2

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Archives of Environmental Health
  • Publisher: Heldref Publications

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcohols; Assessments; Blood alcohol levels; Crashes; Drivers; Fatalities; Pedestrians; Police; Trucks
• Uncontrolled Terms: Responsibilities
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Motor Carriers; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00220914
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 29 1970 12:00AM