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Alcohol and crashes : Identification of relevant factors in this association McLean, AJ ; Holubowycz, OT ; Sandow, BL

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Canberra Australian Department of Transport. Office of Road Safety. CR 11, 1980Description: 68 sSubject(s): Bibl.nr: VTI P0643:11 VTI 2002.0734:3Location: Abstract: Factors in the association between alcohol and road accidents were investigated by collecting information on breath alcohol concentrations of a sample of the general driving population and of control drivers who were matched with intoxicated accident-involved drivers. The relevance of the results of these investigations to drinking driver countermeasures is discussed and recommendations are made for further investigations and for changes in current practices.
Item type: Reports, conferences, monographs

Factors in the association between alcohol and road accidents were investigated by collecting information on breath alcohol concentrations of a sample of the general driving population and of control drivers who were matched with intoxicated accident-involved drivers. The relevance of the results of these investigations to drinking driver countermeasures is discussed and recommendations are made for further investigations and for changes in current practices.