Citation

Waller JA. Proc. Am. Assoc. Automot. Med. Annu. Conf. 1969; 13: 347-354.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1969, Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine)

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Abstract

The frequency with which alcohol is a factor in collisions, whether fatal or not, involving trucks is entirely unknown. The only reference to trucks that has been found in an extensive review of the literature on alcohol and highway safety is a statement that alcohol was present in 19 fatally injured drivers of trucks of unknown size and 5 tractor trailers in New Jersey. The number of fatal truck crashes in which alcohol was not found was not reported. The present paper is an initial attempt to fill the void. Specifically the aims are: (1) To report on blood alcohol concentrations among drivers or pedestrians fatally injured in collisions involving trucks. In most cases the truck driver himself was not the person who was fatally injured. (2) To report on assessments by investigating police officers concerning use of alcohol by the surviving drivers in these fatal crashes. (3) To estimate the likelihood that individuals had or had not been drinking if they were so reported by the investigating police officers.