Consumo de Álcool e os Acidentes de Trânsito: A Atuação da Psicologia do Trânsito nesse Contexto

Abstract

Introduction: Nowadays, the consumption of alcohol and the increasing number of traffic accidents is one of the most evident problematics. In this perspective, the Traffic Psychology as science aims to understand and analyze all aspects that encompass this phenomenon. Objective: To verify in the literature the performance of traffic psychology in relation to alcohol consumption and traffic accidents. Material and Methods: A systematic and descriptive literature review was carried out based on the search in the online databases Google academic, Virtual Health Library and SciELO. The inclusion criteria were publications from 1975 to 2014, in Portuguese and / or English, on public domain sites with free content, containing subjects that contribute to the development of the research. The search descriptors used were: "etilismo", alcoholism, Traffic Psychology and traffic accidents. Results: The consumption of alcohol can cause