| Show Drinking and Driving Compiled by Anthony Cooke Table 78 Drinking and Driving by Age Group Since 1986 the incidence of drinking and driving Utah andS 1997 has steadily declined Table 79 Changing Stimes Ttimefimes Number social attitudes stiffer laws and stricter of times enforcement may have contributed to the Uah Utah Age Uiah decline The age group most likely to report Medi Medi Grouj drinking and driving 1997 was the 18-24 year 00 922 59 1824 941 olds Table 78 Utah has one of the strictest 18 32 80 03 statutes in the nation and state law limits Blood 573 941 Alcohol Concentrations BAC to08 Self 30 25 01 01 reported data were collected from the question 973 01 16 00 00 During the past month how many times have you driven when you ve perhaps had too much 59 98 39 07 02 00 to drink The question asks forjudgement which may be difficult to reason hindsight or 1000 995 00 00 00 00 under the influence of alcohol Percentage of persons who reported driving after having 00 much to drink one or more times in the past month Data for traffic fatalities involving alcohol were gathered by theS Deparment of Table 79 Drinking and Driving Incidence Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Utah andS 1986-1995 Administration NHTSA and are based on the Wed Utah Year Fatality Analysis Reporting System NHTSAbR SR defines an alcohol related crash as one that involvesparty withblood alcohol 1987 21 33 concentration BAC of01di or greater BAC 32 15 1ees test results are not available for all individuals 291989 involved in fatal crashes The most frequent 291990 reason for missing information is that BAC testing is not always performed In order to et 14 25 account for missing data NHTSA uses23 14 82 statistical model to estimate the likelihood that 24 Tees sober were involved the individuals 23 12 1995 BAC00 had some alcohol BAC 01 or were intoxicated BAC 10 at the time of Percentage of persons Who reported riving after having 100 the traffic accident much to drink one or more times in the past month Table 77 Alcohol-Related Traffic Fatal Utah andS 1994-1998 Total Fatalities Alcohol Alcohol Related Related US Utah US Utah US Utah Year Median Median Median 954 1995 1996 1967 G4z 326 321 366 798 86 820 822 76 823 75 Sources Center For Disease ControlBehavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Online wwvi2 cdo gov Utah rtment of Health Onl health state us action2000 brlssihd htmi 325 267 408 263 413 339 237 409 317 206 386 fo08 350 813 50 372 145 84 Source National Fighway Traffc and Safety Adminsration Oniine wys nhisa dot gov 115 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
