ALCOHOL INVOLEMENT IN FATAL MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS

DATA CONCERNING ALCOHOL INVOLVEMENT IN FATAL MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS FROM THREE WIDELY SEPARATED CANADIAN PROVINCES INCLUDES RESULTS OF MEASUREMENT OF BLOOD ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION IN 1,163 (84.9%) OF 1,369 DRIVER DEATHS WITHIN SIX HOURS OF ACCIDENT. TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-ONE PEDESTRIAN DEATHS WERE ALSO DOCUMENTED. OF THE TESTED DRIVER VICTIMS, 54.5% HAD BEEN DRINKING PRIOR TO THEIR DEMISE. AMONG THOSE WHO HAD BEEN DRINKING, 78.9% EXHIBITED BAC'S OF 0.10% OR MORE. AMONG ALL TESTED DRIVERS WHO WERE CONSIDERED RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR ACCIDENT, 61.3% HAD BEEN DRINKING AND 51.1% HAD BAC'S OF 0.10%OR MORE. BAC'S FOR RESPONSIBLE DRIVERS WHO HAD BEEN DRINKING WERE 0.10% OR MORE IN 83.4% OF THE CASES. SUCH DATA ARE VERY SIMILAR TO THAT REPORTED BY NEILSON AND OTHERS IN THE U.S.A. PEDESTRIANS KILLED IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN DRINKING IN 53.9% OF THOSE WHO WERE TESTED. AMONG THOSE PEDESTRIANS WHO HAD BEEN DRINKING, 74.0% EXHIBITED BAC'S OF 0.10% OR MORE. /SRIS/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 24, No 4, PP 35-42, 7 TAB, 8 REF
• Corporate Authors:

  Modern Medicine

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• Authors:
  • Campbell, E F
• Publication Date: 1969-4

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcohols; Blood alcohol levels; Crash causes; Drunk drivers; Drunk driving; Fatalities; Pedestrian vehicle crashes; Traffic crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Motor vehicle accidents
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223048
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Nat Safety Council Safety Res Info Serv
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 4 1970 12:00AM