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Title:

DECLINE IN DRINKING AND DRIVING CRASHES, FATALITIES AND INJURIES IN GREAT BRITAIN

Accession Number:

00647308

Record Type:

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/00978515

Abstract:

Great Britain introduced breath-testing of suspected drink/drivers in 1967, creating an offence of driving with more than 80 mg of alcohol per 100 ml of blood. This level (and the equivalents for alcohol in breath and urine) have remained unchanged. During the 1970s, the drink/driving laws had little effect on driver behaviour and drink-related accidents. Since the 1980s therefore, a series of governmental measures have been introduced which were designed to improve the enforcement of these laws, or to revise the penalties on conviction. Schemes for the rehabilitation of drink/driving offenders have also been developed. A continuous program of anti-drink/driving publicity has been sustained, aimed at changing public attitudes to drink/driving. This paper outlines the profile of known drink/drivers, and indicates how trends in alcohol related road accidents developed through the 1980s and early 1990s. Although the number of injury accidents involving drinking has fallen substantially over this period, it is nevertheless estimated that over twenty thousand road casualties still result annually in Great Britain from such behavior; of these approximately seven hundred are fatal. Public attitudes to drink/driving and enforcement have also changed markedly since the early 1980s, and the finding of research designed to monitor these developments are presented.

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Monograph Accession #:

00647305

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Clayton, A
EVEREST, J T

Pagination:

p. 16-25

Publication Date:

1994-4

Serial:

Transportation Research Circular

Issue Number: 422
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0097-8515

Conference:

Traffic Safety on Two Continents International Conference

Location: The Hague, The Netherlands
Date: 1993-9-23 to 1993-9-23
Sponsors: Special session organized by Transportation Research Board Committee on Alcohol, Other Drugs, and Transportation.

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures (5) ; References; Tables (5)

Uncontrolled Terms:

Reduction (Decrease)

Geographic Terms:

United Kingdom

Subject Areas:

Highways; Law; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

May 5 1994 12:00AM

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