FEMALE DRINKING DRIVERS IN SWEDEN. WOMEN, ALCOHOL, DRUGS AND TRAFFIC - PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP, STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, 29-30 SEPTEMBER, 1988

In 1967 there were 19240 individuals suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol (dwi) in Sweden and only 289 or 1.5% were women. The number of blood samples submitted for alcohol analysis in 1986 was 21153 and 6.2% of these were from female drivers. This represents a considerable increase in the proportion of women compared with the total rise in number of blood samples between 1967 and 1986. We investigated male (n = 5570) and female (n = 654) drinking drivers apprehended in Sweden during the first half of 1986. The information recorded on the police reports such as time of day, day of week, age of suspect, kind of traffic incident (routine control, traffic accident or moving traffic offence) and part of the country were evaluated in relation to the concentration of alcohol in the blood (BAC). Most dwi offenders, both men and women, were apprehended on Friday and Saturday nights between 20.00 and 04.00. The median age of male and female drinking drivers was about the same 20-25 y but the age distribution for men was much more skew (+). The average venous BAC for men and women was nearly the same at 1.6 mg/g but the frequency distributions were different. Female drinking drivers were involved in traffic accidents more often than their male counterparts; 29% compared with 20%. At BAC above 1.5 mg/g, the proportion of men and women judged by a physician as being under the influence of alcohol was about the same (90%) but below 0.5 mg/g, 50% of men and 63% of women were considered influenced by alcohol and therefore unfit to drive. These results may have a bearing on the development of tolerance to alcohol in male and female dwi offenders and prevalence for alcoholism. (Author/TRRL)

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• Authors:
  • Jones, W
  • Holmgren, P
  • Andersson, E
• Publication Date: 1989

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 43-51
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Dalctraf
  • Volume: 4
  • Publisher: Dalctraf

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Blood alcohol levels; Conferences; Days; Drunk drivers; Drunk driving; Females; Human beings; Intoxication; Statistics; Time; Weeks
• Geographic Terms: Sweden
• ITRD Terms: 1757: Age; 1553: Blood alcohol content; 8525: Conference; 9007: Day (24 hour period); 2231: Drunkenness; 1787: Man; 6555: Statistics; 8109: Sweden; 5414: Time; 9088: Week; 1788: Woman
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00491643
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 91-86856-04-9
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1990 12:00AM