Alcohol Safety Countermeasures Program: Special Analytical Study

Alcohol is involved in 50 percent of highway fatalities more than 25,000 deaths; 800,000 crashes each year. Problem drinkers, not normal social drinkers, cause about two-thirds of these deaths, many to innocent victims. Approximately 7 percent of the drivers are problem drinkers and can be identified. Appropriate decisions can be made by Courts and Licensing Agencies and action taken to ensure they do not drink and drive. The importance of alcohol to highway safety was recognized by Congress, who included a requirement for a report on this subject in Section 204 of the Highway Safety Act of 1966, Public Law 89-564. In August 1968, the Secretary of Transportation complied with this requirement by submitting to Congress a report on the relationship of consumption of alcohol and highway safety and potential countermeasures for reducing this problem. The 1968 Alcohol and Highway Safety Report provided a comprehensive review of research on the role of alcohol in highway crashes. This report details the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Countermeasures Program.

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• Record URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/1053
• Corporate Authors:

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1970-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 147p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcohol use; Countermeasures; Crash causes; Drunk drivers; Fatalities; Highway safety; Traffic crashes; Traffic safety
• Identifier Terms: Highway Safety Act 1966
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01082951
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: NTL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Dec 21 2007 7:57AM