Alcohol Involvement in Texas Driver Fatalities: Accident Reports versus Blood Alcohol Concentration

Pendleton, O J; Hatfield, Nancy J; Bremer, Ron

doi:10.4271/860037

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“…For example, Hauer and Hakkert (6) reviewed more than a dozen published studies on the quality and coverage of police data that surface when compared with other databases. Pendleton et al (7) have also reported significant differences between policereported alcohol involvement and what is shown on autopsy reports. The call for improvements in police crash reports is by no means a new concern.…”

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Lie Factor in Traffic Safety: Comparison of Police and Hospital Reporting of Seat Belt and Alcohol Use in Hawaii

Kim

1999

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation R

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A linked database composed of police crash reports and hospital records was used to compare seat belt and alcohol use. For these linked cases, the police reported a belt use rate of 88.1 percent; hospital records, however, indicated a use rate of 59.9 percent. Although police overreported the seat belt use rate, they underreported the alcohol involvement rate. Hospital records indicated alcohol involvement in 25.5 percent of the cases; police reporting captured only a fraction of the alcohol cases (8.4 percent of total cases). In addition to reporting the general patterns of inconsistency between police and hospital reporting across driver, vehicle, and crash characteristics, it was shown that there are significant problems associated with reporting of seat belt and alcohol use. The analysis is based on comprehensive information from Hawaii of about 369 drivers with linked crash and hospital records in 1990. Some recommendations for improving the quality and accuracy of reporting are provided.

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confidence: 94%

Lie Factor in Traffic Safety: Comparison of Police and Hospital Reporting of Seat Belt and Alcohol Use in Hawaii

Kim

1999

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation R

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“…A pesar de que la ingesta alcohólica no aparece como predictor, si que tiene una relación y probablemente algunos de los tratamientos psiquiátricos y psicológicos que han recibido los internos han estado relacionados con una ingesta alcohólica excesiva. De forma consistente, la literatura ha mostrado la relación entre una ingesta alcohólica y la conducción agresiva (Malta, Blanchard y Freidenberg, 2005 Por el contrario, la falta de relación entre la edad y la conducción agresiva es contradictoria a los resultados observados en la investigación (Burgess y Lindsey, 1997;Harré, Brandt y Dawe, 2000;Mason, Fitzpatrick, Seneca, y Davinroy, 1992;McMillen y David, 1992;Pendleton, Hatfield y Bremer, 1986;Ulleberg y Rundmo, 2003;Vanlaar, Simpson, Mayhew y Robertgson, 2008) según los cuales la franja de los jóvenes es en la que se dan un mayor número de accidentes. Nuestros resultados son congruentes con los datos aportados por Trimpop y Kirkcaldy (1997) y Rajalin (1994) y comprensibles si consideramos que según la Dirección General de Tráfico ( 2010), la franja entre los 30-50 años es donde se ha producido el descenso menor de siniestralidad durante el año 2009, debido a que probablemente es más difícil cambiar los hábitos de conducción que ya están consolidados.…”

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Predictores Psicosociales de Delitos contra la Seguridad Vial: Un Estudio con Internos de un Centro Penitenciario

Gonzalo¹,

Lusar²,

Villamarı́n³

2011

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ha habido un aumento creciente de ingresos por delitos contra la seguridad vial. El objetivo de esta investigación es obtener un perfil psicológico en una muestra de 115 internos, analizar cuáles son los predictores en la conducción agresiva, y finalmente contrastar la posible existencia de diferentes tipologías, en función de la ausencia o presencia de otros delitos, con o sin componentes agresivos. Los resultados muestran que las causas o estados que causan irritación, los antecedentes familiares de conducción agresiva y la presencia de trastornos psiquiátricos son predictores de la conducta agresiva en la conducción, así como la agresividad física es también un predictor de los accidentes. No hay diferencias en internos que también presentan otras tipologías delictivas. Palabras clave: prisión, predictores, delitos contra la seguridad vial, perfil psicológico.

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“…This criterion is however a highly doubtful one as trained physicians judged people with a BAC of .lO% or above not to be under the influence in 41% of the cases (AndrCasson and Bonnichsen 1964). Further, among fatally injured drivers with a BAC exceeding .lO%, 68% of the crash reports did not cite alcohol as a contributing factor (Pendleton, Hatfield, and Bremer 1986). Although there are studies reporting a somewhat higher sensitivity of police judgment concerning alcohol use (Lewis and Sherman 1986;Dischinger and Cowley 1989), it is obvious that such judgments must be followed by chemical analyses (e.g.…”

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Some biases in the alcohol investigative process in traffic fatalities

Öström

Huelke

Waller

et al. 1992

Accident Analysis & Prevention

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This study compares data regarding alcohol involvement from police records and from chemical analyses of body fluids taken prior to or after death of 121 traffic fatalities in Washtenaw County, Michigan. Differences regarding the choice of who will or will not be screened for alcohol were found. The police and emergency room personnel were more likely to focus on males and drivers, while medical examiners were less biased. The police documented whether or not drinking took place in only 36% of the cases and suspected drinking in only half of these cases. Males and at-fault drivers were most likely to be investigated. Blood alcohol level was measured before death in 11 of 29 emergency room treated victims, with 10 (91%) positive samples. All but two of those tested before death were drivers, and all but one were males. After death, blood alcohol was measured in 47% of the 121 cases, with a higher proportion of males and motor-vehicle occupants tested, compared to females and pedestrians. Alcohol was detected in 63% of the samples. A lower mean blood alcohol concentration was found in victims who received intravenous treatment, and a higher proportion of positive samples was found in victims who died immediately in the crash. Thus, the frequency of alcohol-related traffic fatalities varied between the different data sources. The police records revealed 51%, the emergency records 91%, and the medical examiner records 63% with alcohol involvement. This wide discrepancy has the potential of leading to erroneous results here and possibly in studies done elsewhere.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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Alcohol Involvement in Texas Driver Fatalities: Accident Reports versus Blood Alcohol Concentration

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Lie Factor in Traffic Safety: Comparison of Police and Hospital Reporting of Seat Belt and Alcohol Use in Hawaii

Lie Factor in Traffic Safety: Comparison of Police and Hospital Reporting of Seat Belt and Alcohol Use in Hawaii

Predictores Psicosociales de Delitos contra la Seguridad Vial: Un Estudio con Internos de un Centro Penitenciario

Some biases in the alcohol investigative process in traffic fatalities

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