ALCOHOL-RELATED CASUALTY TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA

This report examines the characteristics of traffic accidents causing injury and/or death (casualty accidents) that were associated with drinking drivers, in order to gain insight into the traffic accident aspect of this multifaceted problem. Casualty accidents are examined in terms of their immediate causes, and problems in the reporting of immediate causes; province-wide geographical locations of casualty accidents caused by these contributing factors; the situational characteristics of alcohol-related casualty accidents, the additional associated factors such as speeding; and finally, how driver age and experience relates to these. The report is presented in 4 sections. The first section deals with the primary question of problems associated with measurement of the phenomena. The second section deals with the geographic locations and circumstances of traffic accidents. The third section focuses on some of the characteristics of the drivers in these accidents. Section 4 presents an overview of the drinking and driving problem and drinking drivers in British Columbia. It also presents conclusions and makes recommendations.

• Corporate Authors:

  Ministry of Attorney General

  Police Services Branch
  , BC  Canada 
• Authors:
  • MERCER, G W
• Publication Date: 1984-2

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 116 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Alcoholic beverages; Crash reports; Drivers; Fatalities; Human characteristics; Injuries; Measurement; Recommendations; Speeding; Traffic crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver age; Driver characteristics
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00392273
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-037 389
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Feb 28 1985 12:00AM