THE BLOOD ALCOHOL DISTRIBUTION IN DRIVERS NOT INVOLVED IN ACCIDENTS

R.G. SMART AND W. SCHMIDT HAVE MADE SEVERAL STUDIES ON DRINKING DRIVERS AND BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVELS AND CONCLUDED THAT THERE WAS NO SHARP DIVIDING LINE BETWEEN HIGH AND LOW BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVELS. P.M. HURST, STUDYING THE SAME DATA, CONCLUDED THAT THERE WAS A DEFINITE BREAK IN THE CURVE RELATING BLOOD ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION TO COLLISION INVOLVEMENT AND THAT THE HIGHER LEVELS WERE ASSOCIATED WITH MORE SEVERE ACCIDENTS. DIFFERING CONCLUSIONS LEAD TO DIFFERING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE CONTROL OF DRINKING DRIVERS. THE CONCLUSIONS OF SMART AND SCHMIDT ARE CRITICIZED. /HSL/

• Authors:
  • ZYLMAN, R
• Publication Date: 1971-3

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 188-90
• Serial:
  • Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol
  • Volume: 32
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Rutgers University, New Brunswick

Subject/Index Terms

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

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223858
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 7 1972 12:00AM