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Effects of Alcoholic Beverage Server Liability on Traffic Crash Injuries
Author(s) -
Wagenaar Alexander C.,
Holder Harold D.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
alcoholism: clinical and experimental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.267
H-Index - 153
eISSN - 1530-0277
pISSN - 0145-6008
DOI - 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1991.tb05194.x
Subject(s) - crash , liability , business , transport engineering , medical emergency , environmental science , computer security , computer science , medicine , engineering , finance , operating system
We examined effects on the frequency of injuries due to motor vehicle crashes of a sudden change in exposure to legal liability of sewers of alcoholic beverages in Texas. A multiple time‐series quasi‐experimental research design was used, including the Auto‐Regressive Integrated Moving Average and intervention‐analysis statistical models on injury data from 1978 through 1988. We controlled for the effects of several other policy changes expected to influence injury rates in Texas, and for broader nationwide changes in injury rates in the 1980s. Results revealed 6.5% and 5.3% declines in injurious traffic crashes following the filing of two major liability suits in 1983 and 1984, respectively. Sewer liability is one of several important public policy tools in efforts to achieve health objectives regarding reduced injury morbidity, and mortality.