TRENDS IN ALCOHOL-RELATED FATAL MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS FOR 1983. EPIDEMIOLOGIC BULLETIN 8

This report presents statistics that describe the incidence and the distribution of alcohol-related fatalities, and identifies trends in their distribution over a 5-year period (1979-1983). The primary focus is on 1983. The data are drawn from the Fatal Accident Reporting System (FARS). In 1983, 42,584 people died as a result of traffic accidents. This number is down 17% from the 51,084 deaths in 1979. Of the 42,584 deaths in 1983, 17,847 (42%) were alcohol-related, compared with 20,245 alcohol-related deaths in 1979 (40% of all 1979 traffic fatalities). While alcohol-related traffic deaths have declined in numbers over the 5-year period studied, they constitute a higher percentage of all traffic deaths in 1983 than they did in 1979.

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  US National Inst on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism

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  Rockville, MD  United States  20852
• Authors:
  • Aitken, S S
  • Zobeck, T
• Publication Date: 1985

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 60-62
• Serial:
  • Alcohol Health and Research World
  • Volume: 9
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: US National Inst on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism
  • ISSN: 0090-838X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Drunk driving; Fatalities; Physical distribution; Statistics; Trend (Statistics)
• Identifier Terms: Fatal Accident Reporting System
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Freight Transportation; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00495700
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-039 551
• Files: HSL, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 31 1990 12:00AM