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A comparison of contributing effects on 2-vehicle alcohol-related crashes between impaired and nonimpaired operators
- Source :
- Traffic Injury Prevention. 17:668-675
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2016.
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Abstract
- Objective: Driving under the influence of alcohol is a crime that places the lives of all motorists in danger. Though it is a largely preventable act, impaired driving has accounted for 31 to 38% of fatal crashes across the country over the last decade. When an impaired operator crashes his or her vehicle, there is often a second unit, of which the operator is not impaired, involved in the crash. Methods: This research looks at approximately 14,000 2-unit crashes involving an impaired operator in the State of Ohio from 2008 through 2012. The research is focused on determining the effects of crash and operator characteristics in 2-unit alcohol-related crashes through the use of 2 mixed logit models. Results: It is found that several factors have similar effects on the injury severities of both the impaired and nonimpaired operators, including head-on crashes, the use of seat belts, and the deployment of airbags. There are, however, several factors that affect the 2 operators differently. It is found that the impaired operator's injury severity is based on the type and, more important, the size of the vehicle he or she is driving, the roadway geometry, and the speed of the vehicle driven by the nonimpaired operator. The nonimpaired operator is equally affected by the speed of the impaired vehicle as much as his or her own speed, and the nonimpaired operator's injury severity is virtually independent of the type of vehicle being driven. Conclusions: Researchers may disseminate the results to community groups such as Mothers Against Drunk Driving and Safe Communities to increase awareness of the dangers of drunk driving in an effort to reduce the number of alcohol-related crashes.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Automobile Driving
Engineering
Acceleration
Poison control
Crash
Suicide prevention
Occupational safety and health
Transport engineering
Young Adult
Risk Factors
Mixed logit
Environmental health
0502 economics and business
Injury prevention
Humans
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Driving Under the Influence
050107 human factors
Driving under the influence
Aged
Ohio
Aged, 80 and over
050210 logistics & transportation
Trauma Severity Indices
Ethanol
business.industry
05 social sciences
celebrities
Accidents, Traffic
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Human factors and ergonomics
Seat Belts
Middle Aged
celebrities.reason_for_arrest
Motor Vehicles
Logistic Models
Wounds and Injuries
Environment Design
Air Bags
business
human activities
Safety Research
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1538957X and 15389588
- Volume :
- 17
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Traffic Injury Prevention
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....ff36bbeddafb9cbabf11a7dec815f939