The Impact of Underage Drinking and Related Laws on Youth Alcohol-Related Fatal Crashes

As a follow-up to their previous study, the authors conducted this research to (1) determine if the enactment of six minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) 21 laws is associated with reductions in the rate of underage drinking drivers involved in fatal crashes after the enactment date, and (2) determine if the adoption of other key drinking and driving laws and socioeconomic conditions in the states have an effect on underage drinking driver fatal crashes. This paper outlines the study methods, presents the findings, and discusses the results of the study. They found that four of the six underage drinking laws were significantly associated with reductions in underage drinking and driving fatal crashes. Three of the general impaired driving and traffic safety laws examined were significantly associated with reductions in underage drinking-driving fatalities. However, the four underage drinking laws had a greater effect.

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• Authors:
  • Fell, James C
  • Fisher, Deborah A
  • Voas, Robert B
  • Blackman, Kenneth
  • Tippetts, Scott
• Conference:
  • Young Impaired Drivers: The Nature of the Problem and Possible Solutions
  • Location: Woods Hole Massachusetts, United States
  • Date: 2008-6-3 to 2008-6-4
• Publication Date: 2009-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 140-153
• Monograph Title: Young Impaired Drivers: The Nature of the Problem and Possible Solutions
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Circular
  • Issue Number: E-C132
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0097-8515

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crashes; Drunk driving; Fatalities; Legal drinking age; State laws; Teenage drivers
• Uncontrolled Terms: Underage drinking
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01133876
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jul 20 2009 8:53AM