TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Prevalence of blood alcohol in fatal traffic crashes in Shanghai
JO  - Forensic science international
A1  - Rao, Yulan
A1  - Zhao, Ziqin
A1  - Zhang, Yurong
A1  - Ye, Yonghong
A1  - Zhang, Runsheng
A1  - Liang, Chen
A1  - Wang, Rong
A1  - Sun, Yingying
A1  - Jiang, Yan
SP  - 117
EP  - 122
VL  - 224
IS  - 1-3
N2  - The objective of this project was to investigate the incidence of alcohol consumption in fatal traffic deaths in Shanghai, one of the largest cities in China. A study was conducted on 803 individuals killed in road accidents during the period 2009-2011, in terms of alcohol-positive rate, mean blood alcohol content (BAC), gender, age, vehicle type, pedestrian alcohol problem, single-vehicle vs multiple-vehicle crashes, and time of day. It was found that 28.9% of the drivers involved had a BAC≥0.20mg/mL (limit of civil offense) and 21.8% had a BAC≥0.80mg/mL (limit of criminal offense). The mean BAC of alcohol-positive drivers (with a BAC≥0.20mg/mL) was 1.51mg/mL. The vast majority of the drivers involved were males. With regards to age, the largest group was of drivers aged between 40 and 49 years group in both alcohol-negative cases (26.8%) and alcohol-positive cases (26.2%). Motorcycles were most likely to be involved, representing 34.4% of alcohol-negative crashes and 51.6% of alcohol-positive crashes. Very high BACs were common among alcohol-positive pedestrians, yet all female pedestrians were alcohol-negative. Single-vehicle crashes were over-represented in alcohol-positive cases. Alcohol-negative crashes and alcohol-positive crashes most often happened during the time period of 17:00-18:59 and 19:00-20:59, respectively.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0379-0738
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2012.11.011
ID  - ref1
ER  -