NCJ Number
157234
Date Published
1995
Length
192 pages
Annotation
Data from police and coroners formed the basis on alcohol use by persons fatally injured in traffic accidents on or off public highways in Canada in 1993, as well as trends over the past 21 years.
Abstract
The research focused mainly on fatally injured drivers, but also focused on alcohol in fatally injured pedestrians. Results revealed that 44.7 percent of the fatally injured drivers in 1993 had been drinking, and most of these had illegal blood alcohol levels. The average blood alcohol was more than twice the statutory limit. Alcohol was most frequently detected among drivers ages 26-35 and least frequently among drivers over age 55. In addition, 44 percent of the fatally injured pedestrians had been drinking; their average blood alcohol level was considerably higher than that for fatally injured drinking drivers. Alcohol was most frequently detected among pedestrians ages 20-35 and those ages 36-45. Both driver and pedestrian fatalities have gradually declined over the past 21 years; findings also suggest that progress has been occurred in addressing the alcohol-related traffic death problem. However, further gains have not occurred in the past few years. Tables, figures, data for each province, appended methodological information, and 18 references