ALCOHOL-RELATED ACCIDENTS AND DUIL ARRESTS IN MICHIGAN: 1978-1979

Twelve years of Michigan accident data, 1968-1979 were analyzed to assess the impact of lowering the minimum legal drinking age from 21 to 18 on January 1, 1972 and subsequently raising it back to 21 on December 23, 1978. Driver age and the presence of drinking in the accident were the key variables, and partitioning. The chi-square statistic into its degrees of freedom was the primary analytic technique. DUIL arrest data were also obtained and analyzed for 1978 and 1979.

• Corporate Authors:

  Highway Safety Research Institute

  Huron Parkway and Baxter Road
  Ann Arbor, MI  United States  48109
• Publication Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Highways; Passenger transportation
• Subject Areas: Passenger Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00321341
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transportation Systems Center
• Files: TSR
• Created Date: Oct 30 1982 12:00AM