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Trends in drinking driver fatalities in Canada

D J Beirness1, H M Simpson, D R Mayhew

  • 1Traffic Injury Research Foundation of Canada, Ottawa, ON.

Canadian Journal of Public Health = Revue Canadienne De Sante Publique
|January 1, 1994
PubMed
Summary

Public awareness campaigns significantly reduced drinking and driving fatalities in Canada throughout the 1980s. However, a core group of high-BAC drivers remains resistant to current countermeasures, necessitating new strategies.

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Area of Science:

  • Public Health
  • Transportation Safety
  • Criminology

Background:

  • The 1980s saw unprecedented public and political focus on the issue of drinking and driving.
  • Previous decades showed little change in the magnitude of the alcohol crash problem.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze the impact of public and political efforts on drinking and driving in Canada.
  • To examine trends in drinking driver fatalities as an indicator of the alcohol crash problem's magnitude.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of trends in drinking driver fatalities in Canada.
  • Examination of data from the 1980s, comparing it to previous years.

Main Results:

  • A significant decline in both the number and percentage of drinking driver fatalities began in the early 1980s.

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  • This downward trend in alcohol-related crash fatalities persisted throughout the decade.
  • Drivers with very high blood alcohol concentrations (BAC) were largely unaffected by traditional deterrence and persuasion strategies.

    • Conclusions:

    • Collective public and political action in the 1980s effectively reduced drinking and driving fatalities.
    • A persistent "hard core" group of high-BAC, heavy-drinking drivers remains a significant challenge.
    • Innovative programs are required to address this resistant group effectively.