POST TREATMENT DRIVING RECORDS OF INJURED IMPAIRED DRIVERS

Analyses of post-treatment records of impaired drivers injured in crashes revealed nearly 30 percent were convicted of alcohol related offenses within five years following discharge from the hospital. There was no difference in conviction survival rates between drivers convicted as a result of their crash and drivers who escaped conviction. The post-treatment conviction rate for injured impaired drivers was nearly 10 times the rate of conviction for the general driving population. Further analyses of driving records of impaired injured drivers revealed that a significant proportion of the injured drivers demonstrated indicators of problem drinking, e.g. prior DWI convictions, BAL>.20.

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  ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF AUTOMOTIVE MEDICINE (AAAM)

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• Authors:
  • LILLIS, R P
  • Good, R
  • STATES, J D
• Conference:
  • Proceedings of the 39th Annual Meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine
  • Location: Chicago, Illinois
  • Date: 1995-10-16 to 1995-10-18
• Publication Date: 1995-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 79-87
• Serial:
  • Publication of: ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF AUTOMOTIVE MEDICINE
  • Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM)
  • ISSN: 0892-6484

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcohol use; Blood alcohol levels; Driver records; Drivers; Drunk drivers; Impaired drivers; Injuries; Intoxication; Traffic conviction
• Uncontrolled Terms: Convictions
• Old TRIS Terms: Alcohol usage; Driver injuries
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I84: Personal Injuries;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00714749
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 19 1995 12:00AM