DRINKING AND DRIVING BY YOUNG FEMALES. WOMEN, ALCOHOL, DRUGS AND TRAFFIC - PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP, STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, 29-30 SEPTEMBER, 1988

Recent research indicates that women are drinking and driving more often and that the proportion of female drivers involved in fatal crashes is increasing. US fatal accident reporting system (fars) data suggest that although overall alcohol involvement rates in fatal crashes have been declining for the past four years, the rates for females aged 21-24 have not declined. Moreover, female drivers of that age in late night single vehicle (sv) crashes have an alcohol involvement rate which is almost as high as that of male drivers. This paper examines the involvement of North carolina (nc) female drivers who are less than 35 years of age for the period of 1976 through 1986 and reports on trends in driver licensing, arrests for drinking and driving, sv nighttime and alcohol-related (a/r) crashes and measured blood alcohol levels in fatalities. It identifies an emerging driving while impaired (dwi) problem for younger women, particularly those 21 to 24 years of age. Significant trends pertaining to the involvement of women will have implications for the design and implementation of educational, deterrence, enforcement and rehabilitation programs. (Author/TRRL)

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• Authors:
  • POPKIN, C L
• Publication Date: 1989

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 9-15
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Dalctraf
  • Volume: 4
  • Publisher: Dalctraf

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Crashes; Drunk drivers; Drunk driving; Fatalities; Females; Intoxication; Night; Single vehicle crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Causes; Increase
• Geographic Terms: United States
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 9003: Cause; 8525: Conference; 2231: Drunkenness; 1602: Fatality; 9032: Increase; 9052: Night; 8122: USA; 1788: Woman
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00491639
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 91-86856-04-9
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1990 12:00AM