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  • Transportation Safety
  • Preventive Medicine

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  • Publicized sobriety checkpoints are recommended for deterring alcohol-impaired driving.
  • Attention to alcohol-impaired driving has decreased since 2001.
  • A review is needed to assess current evidence on checkpoint effectiveness.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To determine if publicized sobriety checkpoint programs effectively reduce alcohol-impaired driving.
  • To assess the economic costs and benefits of these programs.

Main Methods:

  • Systematic review of studies published between July 2000 and March 2012.
  • Focused on evaluations of publicized sobriety checkpoint programs and alcohol-involved crash fatalities.
  • Included economic evaluations of the intervention.

Main Results:

  • Fourteen evaluations of selective breath testing and one of random breath testing checkpoints met criteria.
  • Ten evaluations showed a median 8.9% reduction in alcohol-involved crash fatalities.
  • Five economic evaluations indicated benefit-cost ratios from 2:1 to 57:1.

Conclusions:

  • Strong evidence supports the effectiveness of publicized sobriety checkpoint programs in reducing alcohol-involved crash fatalities.
  • These programs demonstrate substantial potential for cost savings.
  • Publicized sobriety checkpoints remain a vital public health intervention.