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home / centre for automotive safety research / Publications / List / Details Publication Details| Title | Drinking behaviour and other characteristics of injured drivers and riders | | Authors | Holubowycz OT, McLean AJ, Kloeden CN | | Year | 1992 | | Type | Report | | Abstract | A total of 381 drivers and motorcycle riders admitted to the Royal Adelaide Hospital as the result of a road crash were interviewed concerning their demographic characteristics, driving history, attitudes about drinking and driving, drinking behaviour and details of the crash as well as having blood samples taken to determine blood alcohol concentration. It was found that male drivers in this sample drove with a positive blood alcohol concentration more often than both female drivers and male motorcycle riders. Having a high blood alcohol concentration at the time of admission was associated with a number of factors including: involvement in a night-time single-vehicle crash; working in a blue collar occupation for male drivers; being a young female driver; frequent or problem drinking including excess and binge drinking; drinking in an hotel or vehicle; drinking beer; previous alcohol-related licence suspension; and having peers who drink-drive. | | Report Number | research report 2/92 | | Publisher | Road Accident Research Unit | | Publisher City | Adelaide | | Sponsor | Medical Reasearch Advisory Committee of the Australian Associated Brewers and Federal Office of Road Safety (FORS) | | ISBN | 0642175942 | | Page Count | 110 | | Notes | available from CASR library on request |
| Reference | | Holubowycz OT, McLean AJ, Kloeden CN (1992). Drinking behaviour and other characteristics of injured drivers and riders (research report 2/92). Adelaide: Road Accident Research Unit. |
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