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Alcohol involvement in fatal traffic crashes in the United States: 1979–90
Author(s) -
ZOBECK TERRY S.,
GRANT BRIDGET F.,
STINSON FREDERICK S.,
BERTOLUCCI DARRYL
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
addiction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.424
H-Index - 193
eISSN - 1360-0443
pISSN - 0965-2140
DOI - 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1994.tb00882.x
Subject(s) - crash , poison control , injury prevention , environmental health , occupational safety and health , demography , suicide prevention , blood alcohol , population , human factors and ergonomics , medicine , blood alcohol content , drunk drivers , medical emergency , geography , drunk driving , pathology , sociology , computer science , programming language
Trends in alcohol‐related traffic crash fatalities for the United States were examined with data from the Fatal Accident Reporting System for the years 1979–90. Alcohol‐related traffic crash fatalities have decreased 10% over the 12 years studied, from 20245m 1979 to 18 279 in 1990. Fatality rates per 100 million vehicle miles traveled, and per 100 000 population, registered vehicles and licensed drivers have decreased even more sharply. Rates of blood alcohol testing of fatally injured drivers rose substantially among the States, with the nationwide rate increasing from 44% in 1979 to 75% in 1990. Factors that may be affecting these trends are discussed.