THE UNITED STATES LIMITS DRINKING BY YOUTH UNDER AGE 21: DOES THIS REDUCE FATAL CRASH INVOLVEMENTS?

Using blood alcohol level data from fatal crashes involving youthful drivers in the U.S. from the years 1982-97, the authors performed a pooled cross-sectional time-series analysis to evaluate the effects of laws establishing lower blood alcohol concentration limits and restricting alcohol usage for these youths. After accounting for differences among the 50 states in various background factors, changes in demographic factors within states over time, and the effects of other related laws, results indicate substantial reductions in alcohol-positive involvement in fatal crashes attributable to these youth-specific laws.

• Corporate Authors:

  Assoc for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine

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• Authors:
  • Voas, R B
  • Tippetts, A S
  • Fell, J
• Conference:
  • Association for the Advancement of Auto Medicine Proceedings
• Publication Date: 1999

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 265-278

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Adolescents; Alcohol use; Blood alcohol levels; Crash causes; Demographics; Fatalities; Human factors in crashes; Laws and legislation; Teenage drivers; Time series analysis; Traffic safety; Young adults
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Safety and Human Factors; Society; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00784204
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Feb 15 2000 12:00AM