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Traffic safety effects of sobriety checkpoints and other local DWI programs in New Jersey.

Author(s) -

David T. Levy,

D. G. Shea,

Peter Asch

Publication year - 1989

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.79.3.291

Subject(s) - crash , poison control , task force , environmental health , injury prevention , medicine , sobriety , human factors and ergonomics , occupational safety and health , demography , computer science , psychiatry , political science , sociology , public administration , pathology , programming language

We examined the efficacy of three Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) programs in New Jersey from 1980 through 1985, using covariance analysis of county data. Road blocks, the major component of the Strike Force program, were associated with a drop of 10-15 per cent in the single vehicle nighttime crash rate and showed a relatively stable effect over time. DWI Task Force, an education program, was associated with a 6-10 per cent total decline in the crash rate and declining impact over time. SOBER, another education program, was associated with a small effect in the first year and little or no effect thereafter.

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