TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1993//
TI  - Reliability of Swedish alcohol statistics in traffic fatalities - a comparison between official statistics and blood alcohol analysis
JO  - Journal of traffic medicine
A1  - Bjornstig, Ulf
A1  - Eriksson, Antonina
A1  - Ostrom, M.
SP  - 171
EP  - 176
VL  - 21
IS  - 4
N2  - Police assessment of alcohol impairment was compared with blood alcohol analyses on 1,191 driver fatalities in Sweden during 1982, 1985 and 1988. Alcohol was detected in twice as high a proportion of victims (23%) compared to police assessment of inebriation (12%). The mean blood alcohol concentration of victims with alcohol detectable in blood and considered sober by the police was 1.4 o/oo. To avoid biases regarding, e.g., sex and age, we suggest that alcohol statistics on traffic fatalities should be based on blood alcohol analyses performed on all fatalities and that the present statistics, based on police assessment only, should be abolished.<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 0345-5564
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -