DECLINE IN DRINKING AND DRIVING CRASHES, FATALITIES AND INJURIES IN THE USA

Over the last decade, the number of deaths and injuries related to impaired driving has declined significantly in the U.S. as well as in other industrialized countries. For example, in 1982, 57 percent of all highway fatalities in the U.S. involved a driver with a measurable glood alcohol level. By 1992, this figure had decreased to less than 46 percent of fatalities. At the same time, the total number of traffic fatalities decreased from 43,945 in 1982 to 39,235 in 1992. An understanding of this significant social change can indicate how further decreases might be achieved. It can also serve as a model for understanding other social problems and how they might be ameliorated.

• Corporate Authors:

  Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)

  Linköping,   Sweden  SE-581 95
• Authors:
  • Stewart, K
  • Voas, Robert B
• Conference:
  • Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP) and Traffic Safety on Two Continents, Proceedings of the Conference
  • Location: Hague, Netherlands
  • Date: 1993-9-22 to 1993-9-24
• Publication Date: 1994

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 202-217

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcohol use; Crash causes; Drunk drivers; Drunk driving; Externalities; Fatalities; Traffic crashes
• Old TRIS Terms: Alcohol usage
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00666140
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: VTI 1A, Part 2
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Sep 21 1994 12:00AM