THE ROLE OF ALCOHOL IN FATAL COLLISIONS WITH TRAINS

A STUDY WAS MADE OF 94 PERSONS KILLED IN COLLISIONS WITH TRAINS. THIRTY PER CENT OF DRIVERS, 55 PER CENT OF PASSENGERS, AND 64 PER CENT OF PEDESTRIANS AGE 15 OR OLDER WHO SURVIVED 6 HOURS OR LESS HAD BEEN DRINKING. MOST CRASHES BETWEEN 6 AM AND 6 PM INVOLVED PERSONS WITH NO ALCOHOL PRESENT, WHEREAS MOST OF THOSE INJURED AT NIGHT HAD BEEN DRINKING, FREQUENTLY WITH VERY HIGH ALCOHOL CONCENTRATIONS AND HISTORIES OF PREVIOUS ARRESTS FOR MISUSE OF ALCOHOL. CRASHES INVOLVING ELDERLY PERSONS APPEARED TO RESULT FROM CONFUSION OR UNAWARENESS OF TRAINS, WHEREAS YOUNGER PERSONS WITHOUT ALCOHOL APPEARED TO BE ATTEMPTING TO OUTRACE TRAINS AT INTERSECTIONS. GATES ARE RECOMMENDED FOR ALL SUCH INTERSECTIONS. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • pp 852-856, 3 TAB, 5 PHOT, 13 REF
• Corporate Authors:

  Northwest Medicine

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• Authors:
  • Waller, J A
• Publication Date: 1968-9

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Crashes; Drivers; Drunk drivers; Drunk driving; Railroad trains; Traffic crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Motor vehicle accidents
• Subject Areas: Highways; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00220824
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Nat Safety Council Safety Res Info Serv
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 26 1970 12:00AM