Citation

Grellner W, Heinemann A, Kratochwil M, Cordes O, Georg T, Puschel K, Wilske J. Proc. Int. Counc. Alcohol Drugs Traffic Safety Conf. 2002; 2002: 9-16.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, The author(s) and the Council, Publisher International Council on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety)

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Abstract

This study gives a survey on the characteristics of drunken driving in elderly persons (greater than = 60 years)compared with younger offenders (less than 60 years). It is based on the evaluation of the alcohol databanks of two German university institutes of forensic medicine in the 10-year-interval from 1991 to 2000. The proportion of elderly drunken drivers is still relatively small, but has increased continuously. Senior citizens showed lower average blood alcohol concentrations, but revealed stronger influence by alcohol and were relatively over-represented in various types of accidents. The development in a provincial and a metropolitan area of Germany was comparable.