In this paper the German Free State of Saxony is used as the study area. Whereas the total number of victims with personal injury had risen from 1992-1995, a minor decline can be seen, for the first time, in the alcohol-related accidents. This excludes the number of persons killed in alcohol-related accidents from 1994 to 1995. The results of the study also show an increase in alcohol-related accidents between 1992 and 1993. It had been established to spend at least two hours each day on combatting alcohol in all police districts in 1996. The results of the first quarter of 1996 were compared with those of the first quarter of 1995. The detection index across the state changed from 0.94 in the first quarter of 1995 to 1.7 in the first quarter of 1996. The most significant increase was in the Chemnitz Police Presidency. Here the index rose from 1.6 in the first quarter of 1995 to 2.6 in the first quarter of 1996. In the same periods, 46 fewer accidents with personal injury occurred in 1996, including 20 fatal accidents. The number of fatalities went down from 34 in 1995 to 11 in 1996, and the number of seriously injured decreased by 36. The number of those with minor injuries remained the same, in spite of the reduction in the number of accidents. (A)
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