A critical evaluation of the literature on "alcohol involvement" in highway deaths.

Author(s)
Zylman, R.
Year
Abstract

Numbers describing alcohol-involvement in annual trafficdeath tolls, e.g. 27-000 - 35.000, are exaggerated becausestudies have been misinterpreted,misread and sometimesmisrepresented. Every study of alcohol-involvcment in fatalcrashes is biased because of incomplete data which show ahigher proportion of heavy drinkers than would be found ifall victimes could be tested.The proportion of traffic deathscausally related to alcohol may be on the order of 30p. Amethod for learning about alcohol involvement in survivingdrivers is described.

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B 12011 T /83.4 / IRRD 214415
Source

Accident Analysis & Prevention, Volume 6, Issue 2, October 1974, Pages 163-204, 51 ref.

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