The relationship between blood alcohol concentration (BAC), age, and crash risk

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• 作者：Raymond C. Peck ; Michael A. Gebers ; Robert B. Voas ; Eduardo Romano
• 关键词：Young drivers ; Alcohol ; Blood alcohol concentration (BAC) ; Relative risk ; Interaction
• 刊名：Journal of Safety Research
• 出版年：2008
• 出版时间：2008
• 年：2008
• 卷：39
• 期：3
• 页码：311-319
• 全文大小：244 K

文摘

The role of age (youth and driving inexperience) and alcohol as major risk factors in traffic crash causation has been firmly established by numerous studies over the past 50 years. Less well established is how the two variables interrelate to influence crash risk. Some investigations have hypothesized an interactive or synergistic effect in which young drivers with less experience and a greater tendency to take risks are more adversely affected at lower blood alcohol concentrations (BACs) than are older drivers. The evidence for this hypothesis is mixed. Resolution of this issue has important implication for developing countermeasures directed at the young driver crash problem.