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Preliminary Assessment of the Impact of Lowering the Illegal BAC per se Limit to 0.08 in Five States.

PB99111767

Publication Date	1994
Page Count	10
Abstract	Data from NHTSA's Fatal Accident Reporting System (FARS) were used to analyze the level of driver involvement in alcohol-related fatal crashes comparing time periods before vs. after the 0.08 BAC legislation became effective in each state. FARS data for each of the five states used in this study were extracted from the file using equal periods of time to represent crashes occurring before and after the 0.08 BAC law became effective.
Keywords	Blood alcohol concentration Accident reduction Impact Cause effect relationships Blood alcohol levels Assessment Drinking drivers Illegal BAC per se laws Lower BAC limits
Source Agency	Highway Traffic Safety
Corporate Authors	National Center for Statistics and Analysis, Washington, DC. Mathematical Analysis Div.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	199904

Preliminary Assessment of the Impact of Lowering the Illegal BAC per se Limit to 0.08 in Five States.

Preliminary Assessment of the Impact of Lowering the Illegal BAC per se Limit to 0.08 in Five States.
PB99111767

Publication Date	1994
Page Count	10
Abstract	Data from NHTSA's Fatal Accident Reporting System (FARS) were used to analyze the level of driver involvement in alcohol-related fatal crashes comparing time periods before vs. after the 0.08 BAC legislation became effective in each state. FARS data for each of the five states used in this study were extracted from the file using equal periods of time to represent crashes occurring before and after the 0.08 BAC law became effective.
Keywords	Blood alcohol concentration Accident reduction Impact Cause effect relationships Blood alcohol levels Assessment Drinking drivers Illegal BAC per se laws Lower BAC limits
Source Agency	Highway Traffic Safety
Corporate Authors	National Center for Statistics and Analysis, Washington, DC. Mathematical Analysis Div.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	199904