INTERIM REPORT ON BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVELS OF NIGHTTIME CANADIAN DRIVERS

The data for this report were obtained from a national roadside survey, which was conducted on each Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday night for the nine weeks extending from April 17 to June 15 and three weeks in September - October 1974. In the course of the survey 9,744 drivers were stopped on the roads between the hours of 10 p.m. - midnight and 1 a.m. - 3 a.m. At 572 randomly selected locations across the country. Each driver was asked to voluntarily provide a breath sample which, when analyzed, would indicate the amount of alcohol in the blood. The object of the survey was to assess the extent and nature of the drinking-driving problem in Canada. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Ontario Ministry of Transportation & Communic, Can

  1201 Wilson Avenue
  Downsview, Ontario M3M 1J8,   Canada 
• Publication Date: 1975-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 8 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcohol breath tests; Blood alcohol levels; Data collection; Drivers; Drunk drivers; Drunk driving; Highway safety; Intoxication; Night; Surveys
• Geographic Terms: Canada
• ITRD Terms: 1553: Blood alcohol content; 8018: Canada; 1772: Driver; 2231: Drunkenness; 9052: Night
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I81: Accident Statistics; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00133675
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 23 1976 12:00AM