Highlights Men had greater rates of driver-based and passenger-based alcohol-impaired driving (A-ID) than women. Rates of driver-based and passenger-based A-ID practices were greater among those 18–29 and 35–44 years old. Rates of driver-based and passenger-based A-ID were greater among Whites/Blacks/Native Americans and the rate of driver-based A-ID was greater among those with higher education/income. Driving under the influence of alcohol and passenger-based A-ID remains a public health problem in the US. There is a need for monitoring of A-ID practices and the development of targeted prevention/intervention programs.
Abstract Despite the seriousness of alcohol-impaired driving (A-ID) very few national surveys on reported A-ID have been conducted since the early 2000s. This study examined 12-month prevalences of driver-based A-ID and passenger-based alcohol-related practices in a large representative sample of the U.S. population. Twelve-month prevalences of drinking while driving and driving after drinking too much were 5.7% and 3.9%, respectively. Corresponding prevalences of having an accident while intoxicated and having an accident with an injury while intoxicated were 0.6% and 0.2%, respectively. Twelve-month prevalences of riding as a passenger with a drinking driver and riding as a passenger while drinking were 7.0% and 10.7%, respectively. In general, sociodemographic characteristics of individuals more vulnerable to all of these A-ID practices were similar: men, Whites, Blacks and Native Americans, younger and middle-aged adults, upper socioeconomic status, being never or previously married, and residing in the Midwest. Results of this study underscore the importance of assessing driver-based A-ID and passenger-based alcohol-related practices and the need to target prevention and intervention programs to reduce these practices among those subgroups of the U.S. population most vulnerable to them.
Drinking and driving among adults in the United States: Results from the 2012–2013 national epidemiologic survey on alcohol and related conditions-III
Accident Analysis and Prevention ; 125 ; 49-55
2019-01-15
7 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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