Allsop, Richard;
(1966)
Alcohol and road accidents.
Road Research Laboratory: Harmondsworth, UK.
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Abstract
In an Indiana University study led by Professor R.F.Borkenstein, drivers involved in accidents in Grand Rapids, Michigan from July, 1962 to June 1963 were compared with a control group of drivers. Observations were analysed with respect to nine variables, one of which was the blood alcohol level. Accident risk was found to vary significantly with each variable; in particular it was significantly higher for drivers with blood alcohol levels of 80mg/100ml and above than for those with blood alcohol levels lower than 10mg/100ml. Information was also obtained about many aspects of drivers' consumption of alcohol. The report comprises a summary of the Borkenstein report and discussion of of some of the methods and results. Data concerning drivers with blood alcohol levels of 10-49mg/100ml suggest, generally at a low level of statistical significance, that accident risk rises steadily with more alcohol consumption, but at the same time shows more certainly that more frequent drinkers have a significantly lower accident risk than non- or infrequent drinkers. If the risk of accident involvement due to alcohol intake is ignored below 80mg/100ml, as a basis for estimating the minimum number of accidents due to alcohol, it is calculated on the basis of the Grand Rapids study that the number of drivers involved in accidents would have been reduced by six per cent. Further analysis of data is suggested.
| Type: | Report |
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| Title: | Alcohol and road accidents |
| Publisher version: | https://trl.co.uk/ |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Drink driving, Grand Rapids, Road Safety |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Civil, Environ and Geomatic Eng |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10193090 |
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