Partners in progress : United States impaired driving programs for the next decade.

Author(s)
Hedlund, J.
Year
Abstract

Alcohol-related traffic fatalities in the United States dropped substantially from the early 1980's to the mid 1990's. The number of alcohol-related fatalities dropped 34%, from 25,170 in 1982 to 16,580 in 1994, and the proportion of traffic fatalities involving alcohol dropped from 57% in 1982 to 41% in 1994. Many factors contributed to these gains. Citizen activist groups were instrumental in attracting substantial media attention to drunk driving and raising it on the national agenda. Laws were passed; enforcement increased; sentences became stiffer. (A)

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C 11092 (In: C 11088 a) /83 / IRRD 893736
Source

In: Alcohol, drugs and traffic safety : proceedings of the 14th ICADTS International Conference on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety T'97, Annecy, France, 21 September - 26 September 1997, Volume 1, p. 29-35

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