Legalized Sunday Packaged Alcohol Sales and Alcohol-Related Traffic Crashes and Crash Fatalities in New Mexico

This article reports on a study undertaken to determine the relative risks of alcohol-related motor vehicle accidents and fatalities that occurred after the state of New Mexico lifted its ban on Sunday packaged alcohol sales. The authors created a database of all alcohol-related crashes from New Mexico police reports between July 1990 and June 2000. Analysis revealed a 42% increase in alcohol-related crash fatalities on Sundays, after the ban was lifted, resulting in an excess of 41.6 fatalities. Non-fatal, alcohol-related crash rates increased 29% after the ban on Sunday packaged sales was repealed, resulting in an estimated excess of 543 crashes. The authors conclude that repealing the ban on Sunday packaged alcohol sales introduced a public health and safety hazard in New Mexico. A brief discussion of the limitations of the study is also included.

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• Authors:
  • McMillan, Garnett P
  • Lapham, Sandra C
• Publication Date: 2006-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 1944-1948
• Serial:
  • American Journal of Public Health
  • Volume: 96
  • Issue Number: 11
  • Publisher: American Public Health Association
  • ISSN: 0090-0036
  • EISSN: 1541-0048
  • Serial URL: http://ajph.aphapublications.org/loi/ajph

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcohol use; Alcoholic beverages; Crash injuries; Crashes; Fatalities; Human factors in crashes; Laws and legislation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Alcohol availability; Alcohol related crashes
• Geographic Terms: New Mexico
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01045329
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 27 2007 8:59PM