Baseline study of alcohol dependence among general drivers and drunk driving offenders in Guangzhou, China

This study aimed to investigate drink driving in a sample of general drivers and convicted drunk driving offenders in Guangzhou, China. The study also aimed to explore some potential factors that impact on alcohol-related driving behaviour. Samples of 406 general drivers and 101 drunk driving offenders were recruited between May and October 2012. A survey was used to collect information about demographic characteristics, knowledge, attitudes and practices related to drink driving. The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) was used to assess possible drinking problems. The average age reported for starting to drink alcohol for both groups of participants was around 19 years old. The mean AUDIT score of general drivers represented a low level of alcohol problems, and for convicted drunk driving offenders represented a medium level of alcohol problems. AUDIT scores indicated that a substantial proportion (65 percent) of the offenders had medium to high levels of alcohol use disorders, compared with 38.5 percent among general drivers. Offenders who knew the drunk driving legal limit had a lower AUDIT score than those who did not know it. In addition, offenders who were novice drivers (licensed less than 2 years) had a higher AUDIT score than the other three driver experience categories used.

• Record URL:
  • http://acrs.org.au/publications/conference-papers/database/
• Authors:
  • Jia, K
  • King, M J
  • Sheehan, M
  • Fleiter, J J
  • Ma, W
  • Zhang, J
• Conference:
  • Australasian Road Safety Research Policing Education Conference, 2013, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
• Publication Date: 2013-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 13p
• Monograph Title: Vision, action, results: Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference 2013, 28-30 August, Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcohol use; Behavior; Drivers; Drunk driving; Intoxication; Offenders
• Uncontrolled Terms: Safe systems (road users)
• Geographic Terms: China
• ATRI Terms: Alcohol usage; Drink driving; Driver behaviour; Offender
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01500837
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Dec 5 2013 8:50AM