THE ALCOHOL BEVERAGE PURCHASE AGE AND SINGLE-VEHICLE HIGHWAY FATALITIES

In this study the relationship between the alcohol beverage purchase age and single-vehicle fatalities is examined. Two separate analyses, a bivariate cross-tabulation and a multiple regression, support the finding of a positive relationship between the purchase age and single-vehicle fatalities. This finding is explained by the neighboring state effect, i.e., minors in jurisdictions with high purchase ages drive to neighboring jurisdictions with lower age restrictions to purchase alcoholic beverages. A uniform national purchase age is recommended as a countermeasure.

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  National Safety Council

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• Authors:
  • Colon, I
• Publication Date: 1984

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 159-162
• Serial:
  • Journal of Safety Research
  • Volume: 15
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0022-4375
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00224375

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Alcoholic beverages; Countermeasures; Fatalities; Legal drinking age; Purchasing; Single vehicle crashes
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00396908
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-038 219
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 31 1985 12:00AM