ALCOHOL INVOLVEMENT RATES IN FATAL CRASHES: A FOCUS ON YOUNG DRIVERS AND FEMALE DRIVERS

Statistics ar given to show that when alcohol involvement in fatal crashes is expressed in rates per mile driven, per licensed driver and per capita, young drivers have involvement rates 2 to 6 times those of older drivers. Female drivers aged 21-24 have relatively high alcohol intoxication rates in fatal crashes (compared to other female age groups). Female drinking and driving does not appear to have changed over the past 4 years for that age group. Young driver alcohol involvement rates have been decreasing. Minimum drinking age 21 along with grass roots activist groups and other alcohol programs probably played key roles in this decrease. It is suggested that the next generation target group might be drivers in their twenties, especially 21-24 year olds.

• Corporate Authors:

  California Association for Safety Education

  9522 East Olive Street
  Temple City, CA  United States  91780
• Authors:
  • Fell, J C
• Publication Date: 1988-10

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 17-18
• Serial:
  • JOURNAL OF TRAFFIC SAFETY EDUCATION
  • Volume: 36
  • Issue Number: 1

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Alcohol use; Alcoholic beverages; Drivers; Drunk drivers; Drunk driving; Fatalities; Females; Legal drinking age; Safety programs; Standards; Traffic safety education
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver age
• Old TRIS Terms: Alcohol education programs; Female drivers
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I80: Accident Studies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00492104
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1990 12:00AM