ONE AREA OF CONSIDERABLE IMPORTANCE IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF ROAD CRASH COUNTERMEASURES IS THE ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES TO THE DIFFERENT POSSIBLE APPROACHES. VARIOUS FACTORS CONTRIBUTE TO THE ALLOCATION OF PRIORITIES, NOT THE LEAST OF WHICH ARE POLITICAL FACTORS. HOWEVER, ESTIMATES OF THE POTENTIAL VALUE OF DIFFERENT COUNTERMEASURES CAN AND SHOULD BE CRUCIAL TO THE APPROPRIATE ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES. THIS PAPER PRESENTS A CLASSIFICATION OF COUNTERMEASURES SPECIFICALLY ORIENTED TOWARDS DRINK DRIVING CRASHES, BRIEFLY REVIEWS THE POTENTIAL OF EACH TYPE OF COUNTERMEASURE, AND RECOMMENDS PRIORITIES FOR IMMEDIATE IMPLEMENTATION, AND FOR RESEARCH THAT WILL LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT GAINS. SINCE AVAILABLE RESEARCH EVIDENCE IS IN MANY AREAS NOT CONCLUSIVE, THE PAPER OF NECESSITY INVOLVES A GOOD DEAL OF SUBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT OF THE POTENTIAL OF DIFFERENT AREAS. IT IS HOPED THAT DEBATE ON SOME OF THE POINTS RAISED WILL LEAD TO THIS ASSESSMENT BEING ABLE TO BE IMPROVED (A). THE NUMBER OF THE COVERING ABSTRACT OF THE CONFERENCE IS IRRD NO 255423.
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