AAA SPECIAL SURVEY ON ALCOHOL TESTING AND PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS

A SURVEY WAS MADE TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT OF INVOLVEMENT OF ALCOHOL IN PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS AND THE EXTENT OF USE OF CHEMICAL TESTS FOR DETERMINING PEDESTRIAN INTOXICATION. RESPONSES WERE RECEIVED FROM 1,380 CITIES AND TOWNS. ABOUT HALF OF THE PEDESTRIANS KILLED ARE TESTED FOR ALCOHOL. PEDESTRIANS 35-44 YEARS OF AGE APPEAR TO BE THE MAJOR GROUP SHOWING ALCOHOL INVOLVEMENT; PEDESTRIANS OVER 65 SHOWED LITTLE ALCOHOL INVOLVEMENT. WHERE TESTS WERE USED FOR ADULT PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES, NEARLY 60% SHOWED A BLOOD ALCOHOL CONTENT OF 0.10% OR HIGHER. MOST CITIES USE MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF CHEMICAL TEST, MOST FREQUENTLY BLOOD AND BREATH TESTS. THE DATA ARE BASES ON 1,062 ADULT PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES, OF WHOM 487 WERE TESTED FOR BLOOD ALCOHOL CONTENT. /HSL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 1, No 2, PP 1-4
• Corporate Authors:

  Pedestrian Safety Report

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• Publication Date: 1970-11

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcohols; Blood alcohol levels; Chemical tests; Data collection; Pedestrian vehicle crashes; Surveys
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223563
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 6 1970 12:00AM