REFLECTING ON THE ALCOHOL-IMPAIRED DRIVING PROBLEM WORLDWIDE AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT
Examination of statistics on crash deaths involving alcohol-impaired driving in the United States, Great Britain, Australia, and Sweden reveals that while sharp declines in crash deaths from alcohol- impaired driving were recorded from the early 1980s to 1995, the years of progress have been stalled since 1997. It is difficult to evenly compare statistics among the countries, as blood alcohol concentration (BAC) thresholds differ from country to country. The article looks at reasons for the stall, ranging from a decline in breath testing, a reduction in sobriety checkpoints, lower liquor taxes, to lack of public support for further anti-driving under the influence (DUI) efforts. What has been consistent through the years are the declines in proportions of fatally injured drivers with BACS above a specific threshold.
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- Publication Date: 2005-4-2
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: Figures; Photos;
- Pagination: p. 1-3
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Serial:
- Status Report
- Volume: 40
- Issue Number: 4
- Publisher: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
- ISSN: 0018-988X
- Serial URL: https://www.iihs.org/status-report/
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Blood alcohol levels; Drunk driving; Legislation; Statistics
- Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Law; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01001715
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jul 7 2005 12:00AM