ALCOHOL RELATED FATAL MOTOR VEHICLE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT STUDY. MICHIGAN. JANUARY - DECEMBER 1984

A study was conducted to determine and evaluate the proportion of alcohol related fatal traffic accidents to all fatal traffic accidents in the state of Michigan for the period January to December 1984. Also studied were the characteristics of alcohol related fatal traffic accidents as well as other relevant information necessary in planning countermeasure programs. Briefly, some of the findings were as follows: There were 704 alcohol related fatal traffic accidents out of a total of 1,392 fatal traffic accidents, or 50.6%, during the year 1984, which claimed 800 lives, or 51.4%, of the total highway fatalities. Of 2,115 drivers involved in fatal accidents, 671 (31.7%) had been drinking. Young drivers (24 years and under) accounted for 40.2% of all drivers who had been drinking in fatal accidents. Younger drinking drivers had lower BAC levels yet higher involvement in fatal accidents, whereas BAC levels among middle-age drinking drivers was higher yet their involvement in traffic accidents was lower. April was the peak month for alcohol related fatal traffic accidents, with 60.7% during 1984. There were 4 counties that had fatal traffic accidents which did not have a drinking driver involved in a fatal accident. Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays accounted for 62.9% of the had been drinking fatal traffic accidents, but only 51.7% of the total fatal accidents. Of all the had been drinking fatal traffic accidents, 57.2% occurred between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 3:00 a.m., but only 36.0% of the total fatal accidents occurred during this time period.

• Corporate Authors:

  Michigan Department of State Police

  714 South Harrison Road
  East Lansing, MI  United States  48823
• Publication Date: 1985

Media Info

• Features: Tables;
• Pagination: 19 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Blood alcohol levels; Drivers; Drunk drivers; Drunk driving; Fatalities; Statistics; Time; Weekends
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver age
• Geographic Terms: Michigan
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I81: Accident Statistics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00495706
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-039 557
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 31 1990 12:00AM