During 1985-1996, a total of 5771 children died while traveling as occupants in a motor vehicle involved in an alcohol-related crash, composing 68% of all alcohol-related traffic fatalities among persons aged <15 years; an additional 1854 (22%) children who died were pedestrians, and 719 (8...
U.S. traffic fatalities decline: Alcohol-related traffic deaths also fell
We examine the relationships among alcohol prices, consumption, and traffic fatalities using data across U.S. states from 1982 to 2000. Some previces studies have found large, negative associations between alcohol taxes and fatalities. However, commonly used price data suggest little or no connection...
The data on traffic fatalities were drawn from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS). The FARS, collected by the National Highway Traffic Administration, is a census of all motor vehicle crashes involving a fatality. To be included in this census of crashes, a crash had to involve a...
aAutomobile Accidents . Alcohol use is directly responsible for tens of thousands of highway accidents and injuries ; the drug is blamed for half of the annual total of road traffic fatalities . 车祸。 酒精用途直接地负责对成千上万高速公路事故和伤害; 药物由于每年共计的一半被责备公路交通不幸。[...
Well, according to a major research project by scientists in Canada and California, that cop just might be saving your life. Or the life of someone else.The researchers have found that a traffic ticket reduces a driver's chance of being involved in a fatal accident by a whopping 35 percent...
aIn 1980, a group of mothers who had lost children in alcohol-related traffic fatalities got together to try to help other family who had lost children, and more importantly, to try to get law changed to increase penalties for drinking and driving. They called their organization MADD—Mothers...
According to o f f i c i a l F i n n i s h s t a t i s t i c s , a b out 1/5 of the fatal t r a f f i c accidents involve alcohol. These statistics, and many studies of prevalence are based on chemical analyses but they are often inaccurate because of ...
role of alcohol consumption Inalcohol consumption: Alcohol control …the resulting high rate of accidents, with fatalities, personal injuries, and property damage. For example, in 2002 alcohol was involved in about one-third of the more than 40,000 annual road traffic fatalities in the United Sta...
Para 13 Most of the crashes did not involve alcohol and were not at an intersection. 大多数的交通事故都与酒驾无关,而且不在十字路口处。 Most occurred during the summer months when the streets were dry (65 percent) rather than wet (18 percent) or covered with snow (17 percent). 大多数...