Drinking and Driving Trips, Stops by the Police, and Arrests: Analyses of the 1995 Survey of Drinking and Driving Attitudes and Behaviors
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2001-12-01
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Abstract:Since 1991, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has been conducting a representative national telephone survey on drinking and driving every other year to measure the status of attitudes, knowledge, and behavior of the general driving age public about drinking and driving. This report describes an analysis of the 1995 NHTSA survey data to assess self-reported drinking and driving prevalence using two key definitions -- driving within 2 hours of drinking alcohol and driving over the legal blood alcohol concentration (BAC) limit. Additionally, using FBI crime reports, this report estimates drink-driving arrest rates. Overall, for the year 1995, 21.9% of the population 16 and over reported 791 million trips within two hours of drinking, 90 million trips above the legal limit for their state, 6.4 million stops by police officers for suspicion of driving under the influence, and 1 million arrests for driving under the influence (0.5 per 100 persons 16 and over). On average, there was one arrest per 772 episodes of driving within two hours of drinking, per 88 episodes of driving over the legal limit, and per six stops for suspicion of driving under the influence. Males 16-17 tended to greatly over-report arrests compared to FBI reports and males 55+ tended to under-report their arrests. /Abstract from report summary page/
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