DRINKING AND DRIVING: NO LONGER "ONLY FOR MEN". WOMEN, ALCOHOL, DRUGS AND TRAFFIC - PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP, STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, 29-30 SEPTEMBER, 1988

This article considers Dutch research data on women driving under the influence of alcohol during the period 1970-87. For the period as a whole women drove under the influence of alcohol less frequently than men. Until 1975-77 the percentage of women driving under the influence of alcohol declined, but since then it has risen again. This development was accompanied by a strong rise in general alcohol consumption until 1980, followed by a gradual decline in subsequent years. The number of women driving during weekend nights rose strongly over the entire period. As a result of this the proportion of women among all intoxicated drivers has risen since 1975-77. The current difference between the percentages of men and women who drive under the influence of alcohol can only be partially explained by differences in alcohol consumption. In order to explain the differences noted between men and women several hypotheses have been formulated. (Author/TRRL)

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• Authors:
  • Weseman, P
• Publication Date: 1989

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 83-90
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Dalctraf
  • Volume: 4
  • Publisher: Dalctraf

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Drunk drivers; Drunk driving; Females; Human beings; Intoxication; Night; Statistics; Weekends
• Geographic Terms: Netherlands
• ITRD Terms: 8525: Conference; 2231: Drunkenness; 1787: Man; 8078: Netherlands; 9052: Night; 6555: Statistics; 9141: Weekend; 1788: Woman
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00491649
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 91-86856-04-9
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1990 12:00AM