Fatal Drink-Driving Accidents of Young Adult and Middle-Aged Males—A Risky Driving Style or Risky Lifestyle?
| Autor: | Sirkku Laapotti, Esko Keskinen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Male Automobile Driving Engineering Adolescent Poison control Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health Risk-Taking Injury prevention Forensic engineering Humans Young adult Situational ethics Life Style Finland business.industry Accidents Traffic Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Human factors and ergonomics Middle Aged Possession (law) Databases as Topic business Alcoholic Intoxication human activities Safety Research Demography |
| Zdroj: | Traffic Injury Prevention. 9:195-200 |
| ISSN: | 1538-957X 1538-9588 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/15389580802040337 |
| Popis: | A range of situational and lifestyle-related factors in drink-driving fatal accidents were studied involving young adult and middle-aged male drivers in Finland.Fatal drink-driving accidents were compared to fatal accidents in which the driver had been sober. The study included all 18-to 59-year-old male drivers' fatal car and van accidents investigated by the Road Accident Investigation Teams in Finland between 2000 and 2002 (n = 366 accidents). The variables describing the situation included the time of the accident, the road condition, the speed, possession of a valid licence, seat-belt usage, and the presence of passengers.The study found that among young adult males most of the studied situational factors bore no relation to the state of the driver (sober or drink driver). Only the time of day, seat-belt, usage, and possession of a valid licence were related to the state of the driver. Among middle-aged male drivers, drink-driving and sober driving accidents differed more clearly. Further, when the social situation in the car was examined, it was found that accidents of sober and drink drivers differed from each other within the group of middle-aged drivers but not within the group of young adult drivers. Heavy alcohol usage was found to characterize the lifestyle of the studied middle-aged drink drivers.It was concluded that for young adult males drink-driving was a part of a more general risky driving style. Among middle-aged males drink-driving was more related to a risky lifestyle with drinking problems. Possible countermeasures are discussed with regard to drink-driving among young adult and middle-aged males. |
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