Alcohol Consumption Patterns in North Dakota: Survey of DUI Offenders

Because of the high rates of impaired driving in North Dakota, the North Dakota Department of Transportation’s Traffic Safety Office created a DUI offender survey to better understand the tendencies and behaviors of those who choose to drink and drive. Initiated in Fiscal Year 2010, the survey was designed to identify consumption patterns in North Dakota’s driving population. The survey was designed to assist with both traffic safety program development and evaluation to help state officials better understand the nature of impaired driving in the state. The survey was distributed through a partnership with the state’s alcohol assessment and treatment providers. The purpose of the survey was to understand the decisions and behavior patterns of individuals who have chosen to drive after drinking. State officials and others can then use this knowledge in media efforts, goal setting, and preventative measures. The objective of this study was to analyze data from past DUI offender surveys. The goal was for the findings to be a resource for improving traffic safety program functionality and effectiveness in reducing the tendency of North Dakotans to drive after drinking alcohol.

• Record URL:
  http://www.ugpti.org/resources/reports/details.php?id=728
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• Corporate Authors:

  Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute

  North Dakota State University
  1320 Albrecht Boulevard
  Fargo, ND  United States  581052

  North Dakota Department of Transportation

  608 East Boulevard Avenue
  Bismarck, ND  United States  58505-0700
• Authors:
  • Huseth, Andrea
  • Kubas, Andrew
• Publication Date: 2012-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 52p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcohol use; Behavior; Drunk drivers; Drunk driving; Surveys; Traffic safety
• Geographic Terms: North Dakota
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01447670
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: DP-254
• Files: TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Sep 28 2012 2:29PM