ALCOHOL AND DRUGS INVOLVED IN FATAL ACCIDENTS IN THE NORTH WEST OF SPAIN

This paper presents some results from the analysis of blood alcohol concentration (BAC) among 173 drivers and pedestrians admitted to hospitals in North West Spain during a period of eight years. Forty incidents of drunken driving where drivers were stopped by traffic police were also included in the results. The results were analysed statistically, using an SPSS program on a personal computer. Out of 113 accident cases studied, only 26 had BAC levels not exceeding 0.01gm/l, but 25 had high BACs, over 2.5gm/l. Of the nine drivers convicted of drinking and driving, two had BACs over 2.5gm/l. Of the nine pedestrians knocked down, three had BACs over 2.5gm/l. Of the 40 incidents where drivers were stopped by traffic police, six had BACs over 2.5gm/l. Men were involved in 91% of the cases analysed. For the covering abstract see IRRD 866577.

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  Verlag TUeV Rheinland

  Institut fuer Unfallforshung-Bericht
  Cologne,   Germany 
• Authors:
  • BERMEJO, A
  • Lopez, B
  • GARCIA, P
  • FERNANDEZ, P
  • SANCHEZ, I
  • CRUZ, A
  • LOPEZ-RIVADULLA, M
• Conference:
  • International Conference on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety-T92, Proceedings of the 12th Conference.
  • Location: Cologne, Germany
  • Date: 1992-9-28 to 1992-10-2
• Publication Date: 1993

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 981-5
• Monograph Title: ALCOHOL, DRUGS AND TRAFFIC SAFETY-T92. CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Blood alcohol levels; Conferences; Drivers; Pedestrians; Statistics
• Geographic Terms: Spain
• ITRD Terms: 1553: Blood alcohol content; 8525: Conference; 1772: Driver; 1733: Pedestrian; 8105: Spain; 6555: Statistics
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Pedestrians and Bicyclists;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00670053
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 3824901315
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Dec 23 1994 12:00AM