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Road users who are impaired by alcohol have a significantly higher risk of being involved in a crash. Enacting and enforcing strong drink-driving laws and low blood alcohol concentration limits via sobriety checkpoints and random breath testing will help to turn the tide.
- Brief Interventions and Treatment
Access to health services is central to tackling...
- Pricing Policies
Of all alcohol policy measures, the evidence is strongest...
- Alcohol Advertising
Bans and comprehensive restrictions on alcohol advertising,...
- Alcohol Availability
“Mystery shoppers” – in this case, under-age purchasers –...
- About SAFER
The implementation of the five SAFER interventional will be...
- Road Safety
Road traffic crashes result in the deaths of approximately...
- Brief Interventions and Treatment
28 cze 2024 · In 2019, of a total of 298 000 deaths from alcohol-related road crashes, 156 000 deaths were caused by someone else’s drinking. Other injuries, intentional or unintentional, include falls, drowning, burns, sexual assault, intimate partner violence and suicide.
An extensive body of literature identifies that driving after drinking alcohol significantly increases the risk of a crash and the severity of that crash, resulting in deaths and serious injuries. In its latest reports, the WHO estimates that between 5% and 35% of global road deaths are alcohol related (1, 2).
17 sty 2018 · A strong body of global evidence confirms that alcohol consumption is a risk factor for road traffic injuries and deaths (Aguilera et al., 2015; Bachani et al., 2013; Gururaj, 2004; Peden et al., 2004; WHO, 2013).
Road safety thematic report Alcohol, drugs and medicines 3 1 Highlights • Whereas 1.5 to 2% of kilometres travelled in the EU are driven by persons with an illegal alcohol level, around 25% of all road deaths in the EU are alcohol-related. • In 2010, 15% of drivers severely injured or killed in a selection of European countries
This study concludes that an estimated 20-28% (25% average) of all road fatalities in Europe was related to alcohol use. However, the official statistics for the same group of countries, suggest that on average 12.9% of all road fatalities were due to alcohol consumption.
1 cze 2024 · Results: The literature indicates that different Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) levels affect driving skills essential for traffic safety at various information processing stages, such as delayed reacting time, impaired cognitive abilities, and hindered execution of driving tasks.