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Title	RELATIVE RISK CALCULATED FOR DRIVER FATALITIES IN ALCOHOL-RELATED CRASHES
Accession No	00797048
Journal Title	TRAFFIC TECH No. 222
Corp. Authors / Publisher	National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ; National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Publication Date	20000500
Description	2 p.; Figures(1)
Languages	English
Abstract	This Traffic Tech summarizes the results presented in the report, "Relative Risk of Fatal Crash Involvement by BAC, Age and Gender" (see TRIS 00795415 for an abstract). The reported study used recent data to refine estimates for alcohol-related relative risk of driver involvement in fatal crashes by age and sex as a function of blood alcohol concentration (BAC). The findings confirm that driving at (non-zero) BAC levels below .10% is very dangerous. Reducing BAC limits from .10% to .08% is an effective method of saving lives. These results show that with such elevated relative risks, reducing alcohol use while driving at any BAC level is likely to further reduce alcohol-related motor vehicle fatalities in the United States.
TRT Terms	Age ; Blood alcohol levels ; Drunk driving ; Fatalities ; Gender ; Risk assessment
Subject Areas	H52 HUMAN FACTORS; H51 SAFETY; I83 Accidents and the Human Factor
Report Number	HS-043 069
Availability	National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
URLs	Document: http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/portal/site/nhtsa/template.MAXIMIZE/menuitem.935ae205e29ac00baff82410dba046a0/?javax.portlet.tpst=0f20ab7a9032b29e6be0955e1891ef9a_ws_MX&javax.portlet.prp_0f20ab7a9032b29e6be0955e1891ef9a_viewID=detail_view&itemID=8f40ab1cebcbff00VgnVCM1000002c567798RCRD&orderTrafficTechSelect=3D&trafficTechYearSelect=2000&overrideViewName=Report
Document Source	National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
TRIS Files	HRIS; HSL
Database	TRIS Online