Year: 2000
Type: report
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Points♦ It is estimated that between 1990 and 1997, 31% of all driver and pedestrian deaths on Australian roads were alcohol-related.♦ National rates of alcohol-related road deaths and serious injury declined between 1990 and 1996, broadly following changes in per capita alcohol consumption.Most of this reduction occurred between 1990 and 1992; there was a slight increase from 1993 to 1995.♦ Most jurisdictions followed the national trend.Only WA had slightly higher levels of alcohol-related road injuries by 1997, though non-alcohol-related injuries also increased there.♦ Over 70% of people with serious alcohol-related road injuries were male, while only 56% of people with nonalcohol-related road injuries were male.♦ The average age of alcohol-related crash victims was 27.5yrs with over 50% aged between 15 and 24yrs.The average age for non-alcohol-related road injuries was 37.6yrs.♦ The NT had by far the largest estimated proportion of alcohol-related fatalities.
Source: eSpace (Curtin University)
Authors: Tanya Chikritzhs, Tim Stockwell, P. Heale, Paul Dietze, M. Webb
Language: English
Topic: Traffic and Road Safety
Subfield: Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2464650412