ALCOHOL ABUSE AND TRAFFIC SAFETY - A STUDY OF FATALITIES, DWI OFFENDERS, ALCOHOLICS, AND COURT RELATED TREATMENT APPROACHES

• NCJ Number: 1701
• Author(s): L D FILKINS
• Date Published: 1970
• Length: 184 pages
• Grant Number(s): FH 11 6555; FH 11 7129
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Admin
• Corporate Author: University of Michigan
• Sale Source: National Technical Information Service
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THE METHODOLOGY AND CONCLUSIONS OF THE HIGHWAY SAFETY RESEARCH INSTITUTE (HSRI) ON THE ABUSIVE USE OF ALCOHOL AND TRAFFIC SAFETY.

Abstract

THE RESEARCH EFFORT CONSISTED OF THREE RELATED PROJECTS (1) THE WAYNE COUNTY TRAFFIC FATALITY STUDY; (2) DRIVING PERFORMANCE OF AN ALCOHOLIC POPULATION; (3) DESCRIPTION AND ANALYSIS OF TEN COURT-RELATED TREATMENT PROGRAMS FOR THE ALCOHOLIC. THE DRIVING POPULATIONS IN THE FIRST TWO PROJECTS WERE COMPARED WITH A RANDOM SAMPLE OF MICHIGAN DRIVERS AND ALSO WITH A RANDOM SAMPLE OF DRIVERS CONVICTED OF DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF LIQUOR (DUIL) OR DRIVING WHILE IMPAIRED (DWI) OFFENSES. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)