Abstract
An analysis of the historical world-wide decline in drinking and driving has been presented at the Traffic Safety International Conference in The Hague, on September 1993 and the trends and patterns analysed country by country. The statistical results about drinking and driving in France over the period 1983-1991 have been summarised (Biecheler-Fretel and Jayet, 1994). What has happened since ? This paper examines some aspects of the evolution in France in more recent years (legal changes, roadside breath data and road accident data). Road alcohol related accidents statistics are discussed. This knowledge is imperatively needed for comparing results from one country to another and over time in a same country. (A)