ALCOHOL AND PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES: A STUDY OF FATAL PEDESTRIAN COLLISIONS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY

FIFTY FATAL PEDESTRIAN-VEHICLE COLLISIONS INVOLVING PEDESTRIANS KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN DRINKING WERE STUDIED, REPRESENTING ABOUT 20% OF THE FATAL PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS IN SAN DIEGO DURING THE STUDY PERIOD. THE TIME, DATE, LOCATION, AGE, SEX, AND BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVELS OF ALL CASES ARE PRESENTED. OF THE 44 AVAILABLE POLICE INVESTIGATION REPORTS, INFORMATION WAS NOTED CONCERNING WEATHER CONDITIONS,LIGHTING, LOCALITY ROAD CONDITIONS, VIOLATIONS, AND EVENTS LEADING TO THE COLLISION. IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT MORE RESEARCH IS NEEDED ON DRINKING PEDESTRIANS; THAT AT LEAST 25% OF FATAL PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS INVOLVE DRINKING PROBLEMS, AS SUGGESTED BY BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVELS IN EXCESS OF 0.15%; AND THAT STREETS ADJACENT TO DRINKING ESTABLISHMENTS DO NOT NECESSARILY GENERATE LARGE NUMBERS OF PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES. SOME CASE WERE SUICIDES.

• Corporate Authors:

  San Diego County, California

  Department of County Engineer
  San Diego, CA  United States 
• Authors:
  • Marsden, W E
• Publication Date: 1972

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 52 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcohol tests; Alcoholism; Crash investigation; Fatalities; Pedestrians; Suicide
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224024
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 17 1973 12:00AM