Reduction in fatalities, ambulance calls, and hospital admissions for road trauma after implementation of new traffic laws

J.R. Brubacher, H. Chan, P. Brasher, S. Erdelyi, E. Desapriya, M. Asbridge, R. Purssell, S. Macdonald, N. Schuurman and I. Pike

American Journal of Public Health, 2014, vol. 104, issue 10, e89-e97

Abstract: Results: In the 2 years after implementation of the new laws, significant decreases occurred in fatal crashes (21.0%; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 15.3, 26.4) and in hospital admissions (8.0%; 95% CI = 0.6, 14.9) and ambulance calls (7.2%; 95% CI = 1.1, 13.0) for road trauma. We found a very large reduction in alcohol-related fatal crashes (52.0%; 95% CI = 34.5, 69.5), and the benefits of the new laws are likely primarily the result of a reduction in drinking and driving.

Keywords: alcohol intoxication; article; Canada; car driving; hospitalization; human; legal aspect; statistics; traffic accident, Accidents, Traffic; Alcoholic Intoxication; Automobile Driving; British Columbia; Hospitalization; Humans (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302068

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