TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1992//
TI  - Drinking and driving in Singapore, 1987 to 1989
JO  - American journal of forensic medicine and pathology
A1  - Chao, T. C.
A1  - Lo, D. S.
A1  - Bloodworth, B. C.
A1  - Tan-Siew, W. F.
SP  - 255
EP  - 260
VL  - 13
IS  - 3
N2  - Between 1987 and 1989 there were approximately 5,000 cases of fatal and injury-sustained road traffic accidents, of which 2.3-3.0% were alcohol related (blood alcohol levels greater than the legal limit of 80 mg% ethanol). The offenders of alcohol-related accidents are mostly Chinese (&gt; 79%), male (&gt; 98%), and more often 30-40 years old. The majority of the alcohol-related accidents (&gt; 74%) took place between 8 P.M. and 4 A.M. in fine weather and light traffic. Rear-end, head-on, and side-on collisions comprised &gt; 60% of all the alcohol-related accidents, and losing control of vehicles approximately 30%. Drunken driving cases for the same period that were not accidents showed a number of characteristics similar to those for accidents. In Singapore, motorcycle riders and pedestrians are more prone to road fatality than other road-user groups. International comparisons of road fatalities per 100,000 population gave Singapore one of the lowest accident rates (8.1-8.4) as compared with countries such as Australia, the United Kingdom, the United States, New Zealand, Canada, and Japan.    <p>DWI</p>    <p></p>    <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0195-7910
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -