EFFECT OF THE VICTORIAN ZERO BAC LEGISLATION ON SERIOUS CASUALTY ACCIDENTS: JULY 1984-DECEMBER 1985

Zero BAC Legislation was introduced in Victoria in 1984 to reduce the alcohol-related accidents for novice drivers and riders. The accident effects of the legislation were examined only for car drivers involved in serious casualty accidents (SCAs), using intervention time series analysis and the pre-post method. 'Alcohol times,' that is, times during which the proportions of SCAs involving alcohol have been shown to be higher, were used as a surrogate for alcohol involvement. The analysis indicated a reduction of about 4% in the number of learner, first-year probationary, unlicensed, and disqualified drivers involved in SCAs at alcohol times over the 18-month postlegislation period. The statistical power of the analysis was very poor. Hence, it was not possible to determine conclusively whether the result was due to chance variation or to the legislation which did not achieve statistical significance because of poor analytical power.

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  Pergamon Press, Incorporated

  Maxwell House, Fairview Park
  Elmsford, NY  United States  10523
• Authors:
  • HAQUE, M O
  • CAMERON, M
• Publication Date: 1989

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 129-137
• Serial:
  • Journal of Safety Research
  • Volume: 20
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0022-4375
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00224375

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcoholic beverages; Blood alcohol levels; Impact studies; Laws; Statistics; Traffic crashes
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Law; Safety and Human Factors; I80: Accident Studies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00490828
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-040 743
• Files: HSL, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Jan 31 1991 12:00AM