THE ROLE OF ALCOHOL AND AGE IN PREDISPOSING PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS

Pedestrian accidents are a substantial road safety problem in Victoria, comprising 20 percent of fatalities and 13 percent of hospital admissions in 1987. This study ussed a case-control method to investigate the role of alcohol consumed by the pedestrian, and age in predisposing serious injury accidents. The risk of accident involvement was found to increase substantially at blood alcohol levels exceeding 0.15 grams/100 ml and among pedestrians over 60 years of age. Details of characteristics of intoxicated (>0.5 BAC level), elderly (60+ years) and child (0-14 years) pedestrians and accidents involving these groups have been presented. Examples of countermeasures to pedestrian accidents involving these groups have been described.

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  Road Traffic Authority

  854 Glenferrie Road
  Hawthorn, Victoria 3122,   Australia 
• Authors:
  • Kerryn, A
  • Cave, T
  • LYTTLE, J
• Publication Date: 1990-3

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 192 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Aged; Alcohol use; Alcoholism; Children; Countermeasures; Pedestrian safety; Pedestrian vehicle crashes
• Old TRIS Terms: Alcoholic involvement scale
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00605486
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0 7306 13143
• Report/Paper Numbers: GR/90-11, HS-041 086
• Files: HSL, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Mar 31 1991 12:00AM