TY - JOUR
T1 - A linkage study of Western Australian drink driving arrests and road crash records
AU - Rosman, D.L.
AU - Ferrante, Anna
AU - Marom, Y.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - Records of drivers in all reported road crashes occurring in Western Australia between 1987 and 1995 were linked with records of all drink driving arrests in the same period. About 7% of all drink driving arrests occurred because of a road crash. Differences were observed between these drink-driving crashes and other types of road crashes. Drink driving crashes tended to be more severe than those not involving alcohol. Serious crashes (involving fatalities or hospitalisations) accounted for 20% of alcohol-related crashes, but only 6% of all crashes reported over the study period. From another perspective, crash-related drink-driving arrests were more likely than routine enforcement arrests to involve younger (18-35 years) and older (65 years and over) drink drivers. Routine enforcement arrests, on the other hand, were likely to involve a greater proportion of Aboriginal drivers. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
AB - Records of drivers in all reported road crashes occurring in Western Australia between 1987 and 1995 were linked with records of all drink driving arrests in the same period. About 7% of all drink driving arrests occurred because of a road crash. Differences were observed between these drink-driving crashes and other types of road crashes. Drink driving crashes tended to be more severe than those not involving alcohol. Serious crashes (involving fatalities or hospitalisations) accounted for 20% of alcohol-related crashes, but only 6% of all crashes reported over the study period. From another perspective, crash-related drink-driving arrests were more likely than routine enforcement arrests to involve younger (18-35 years) and older (65 years and over) drink drivers. Routine enforcement arrests, on the other hand, were likely to involve a greater proportion of Aboriginal drivers. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
U2 - 10.1016/S0001-4575(00)00034-8
DO - 10.1016/S0001-4575(00)00034-8
M3 - Article
VL - 33
SP - 211
EP - 220
JO - Accident Analysis & Prevention
JF - Accident Analysis & Prevention
SN - 0001-4575
IS - 2
ER -
