ALCOHOL ABUSE AND TRAFFIC SAFETY: A STUDY OF FATALITIES, DWI OFFENDERS, ALCOHOLICS, AND COURT-RELATED TREATMENT APPROACHES

METHODOLOGY AND CONCLUSIONS ON THE ROLE OF THE ABUSIVE USE OF ALCOHOL IN TRAFFIC SAFETY WERE DEVELOPED THROUGH THREE RELATED PROJECTS. THE FIRST IS A CASE-HISTORY INVESTIGATION OF 616 TRAFFIC FATALITIES FROM METROPOLITAN WAYNE COUNTY, MICHIGAN TO CHARACTERIZE A POPULATION OF DRINKING TRAFFIC FATALITIES FROM DEMOGRAPHIC, DRIVING, CRIMINAL, AND SOCIAL AGENCY INFORMATION. THE SECOND STUDY FOCUSES ON DRIVING PERFORMANCE OF 1247 ALCOHOLICS TO DESCRIBE GROUPS OF ALCOHOLIC DRIVERS WHO CONTRIBUTE DISPROPORTIONATELY TO TRAFFIC DEATHS, INJURIES, OR PROPERTY DAMAGE, AND IDENTIFY CHARACTERISTICS WHICH BEST PREDICT WHICH OF THESE DRIVERS ARE LIKELY TO BE INVOLVED IN FUTURE TRAFFIC CRASHES. PUBLISHED REPORTS OF 10 ALCOHOLISM TREATMENT PROGRAMS IN THE U. S. OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS ARE DESCRIBED AND ANALYZED. /AUTHOR/

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    Highway Safety Research Institute

    Huron Parkway and Baxter Road
    Ann Arbor, MI  United States  48109
  • Authors:
    • Filkins, L D
  • Publication Date: 1970-6-26

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  • Accession Number: 00221290
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Report/Paper Numbers: 368 pp
  • Files: NTL, TRIS
  • Created Date: May 16 1971 12:00AM