ALCOHOL USE AMONG INJURED SETS OF DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS
Crash report and blood alcohol concentration (BAC) data were linked for 109 injured driver/passenger pairs admitted to a Level I trauma center. Among those occupants, 47 drivers and 45 passengers were BAC+. No occupant was BAC+ in 57 crashes; both were BAC+ in 40; and only one was BAC+ in 12. When both occupants were BAC+, the driver had the higher BAC in 68% of cases, and when one was BAC+, it was the driver 58% of the time. In 6 additional alcohol-related crashes with one driver and two passengers, the "wrong" occupant was driving on 5 occasions. Hence, in the 58 crashes involving BAC+ occupants, the least appropriate occupant was driving 67% of the time.
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Authors:
- Soderstrom, C A
- Dischinger, P C
- Kerns, T J
- Publication Date: 1996-1
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: p. 111-114
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Serial:
- Accident Analysis & Prevention
- Volume: 28
- Issue Number: 1
- Publisher: Elsevier
- ISSN: 0001-4575
- Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00014575
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Alcohol use; Alcoholism; Blood alcohol levels; Crash causes; Injuries
- Old TRIS Terms: Alcoholic involvement scale; Injuries by accident type
- Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00716345
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: HS-041 966
- Files: HSL, TRIS
- Created Date: Feb 6 1996 12:00AM