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EVALUATION OF REPORTS TO THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES ON PEOPLE WITH MEDICAL CONDITIONS

THE PRESENT REPORT DEALS WITH THE ACCIDENT AND VIOLATION EXPERIENCE OF A SAMPLE OF DRIVERS WITH ALCOHOLISM AND WITH DIFFERENT LEVELS OF SOBRIETY BOTH AMONG THOSE WITH ALCOHOLISM AND AMONG DRIVERS WITH OTHER MEDICAL CONDITIONS /DIABETES, EPILEPSY, MENTAL ILLNESS, ETC./ OR WITH NO KNOWN CONDITION. FOR EACH LEVEL OF SOBRIETY AND EACH MEDICAL GROUP THE ACCIDENTS WERE ANALYZED BY TIME OF OCCURRENCE, NUMBER OF VEHICLES, SPEED OF VEHICLES, DIRECTIONAL COMPONENTS, NUMBER INJURED, AND ERRORS OR VIOLATIONS LEADING TO THE ACCIDENT. MORE DRIVERS WITH ALCOHOLISM HAD ACCIDENTS AND VIOLATIONS THAN DID THOSE WITH OTHER MEDICAL CONDITIONS, WHILE DRIVERS WITH NO MEDICAL CONDITION WERE LEAST LIKELY TO HAVE ACCIDENTS AND VIOLATIONS. DRIVERS WITH ALCOHOLISM WERE INNOCENT VICTIMS IN ONLY ONE OUT OF EIGHT OF THEIR ACCIDENTS , THOSE WITH ANOTHER MEDICAL CONDITION IN ONE OF THREE, AND DRIVERS WITH NO MEDICAL CONDITION IN ONE HALF OF THEIR ACCIDENTS. RESULTS SHOWED THAT ACCIDENTS INVOLVING DRIVERS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENTS OR COLLISIONS WITH PARKED OR STOPPED CARS THAN ARE ACCIDENTS INVOLVING SOBER DRIVERS. ALSO, DRIVERS WITH ALCOHOLISM WERE FOUND TO HAVE TWICE AS MANY CONVICTIONS FOR DRIVING WITH A SUSPENDED OR REVOKED LICENSE OR WITHOUT A LICENSE IN THEIR POSSESSION AS DO DRIVERS WITH OTHER MEDICAL CONDITIONS DESPITE A PROBABLY EQUAL NUMBER OF REVOCATION OR SUSPENSION NOTICES. /BPR/

  • Supplemental Notes:
    • Hpr,b-1-10
  • Corporate Authors:

    California State Dept Public Health

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  • Authors:
    • Waller, J A
  • Publication Date: 1966-2-14

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 00222542
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: Bureau of Public Roads /US
  • Files: TRIS
  • Created Date: Mar 1 1994 12:00AM