ANALYSIS OF ALCOHOL AND SPEED RELATED TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN FAYETTE COUNTY

One objective of this study was to update the statistics related to alcohol-related accidents and arrests in Fayette County. The second objective was to include an analysis of speed-related accidents and citations. The number of alcohol-related accidents in Fayette County has decreased over the past several years. The number of speed-related accidents has remained relatively constant. Differences between the characteristics of all accidents and alcohol and speed-related accidents were noted. For example, there were higher percentages of alcohol and speed-related accidents involving a fixed object. Differences in driver characteristics, such as the high percentage of drivers in the 16 to 19 years of age category involved in speed-related accidents, were noted. Alcohol and speeding arrest and citation data were analyzed. The number of Driving Under the Influence (DUI) arrests, as well as the number of speeding citations, has increased in recent years. Comparisons were made between the arrest and citation data and the accident data. For example, differences by time of day were documented. The area of the county in which alcohol and speed-related accidents occurred as well as where DUI arrests occurred were summarized. Characteristics of drivers with DUI arrests and speeding citations were summarized. Additional analyses were performed for drivers with more than one DUI arrest. The data show the type of driver prone to recidivism.

• Record URL:
  http://uknowledge.uky.edu/ktc_researchreports/536
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Kentucky, Lexington

  Kentucky Transportation Center
  College of Engineering, 176 Raymond Building
  Lexington, KY  United States  40506-0281

  Lexington Fayette Urban County Government

  101 East Vine Street, Suite 300
  Lexington, KY  United States  40507

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Agent, K R
• Publication Date: 1993-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 23 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Arrests; Crash data; Driver categories; Drunk driving; Periods of the day; Recidivists; Speeding; Statistics; Teenage drivers; Traffic citations; Traffic crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver characteristics; Fixed objects
• Geographic Terms: Fayette County (Kentucky)
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00798954
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: University of Kentucky, Lexington
• Report/Paper Numbers: KTC-93-22,, Final Report
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Sep 19 2000 12:00AM