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19393802

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-4-27
pubmed:abstractText
Since the 1970s, nighttime fatal crashes have been used as a surrogate measure for alcohol-related fatalities for crashes for which more direct measures were absent. The validity of this approach was confirmed in 1985 but has not been re-evaluated since. Although this measure has also been applied to identify alcohol involvement in nonfatal crashes, its validity when applied to nonfatal cases has never been determined. The objective of this study was to evaluate the appropriateness of using nighttime crashes as surrogate measures for alcohol impairment when applied to fatal and nonfatal injury and property damage only (PDO) crashes. To do so, we used data from a crash-control design study collected at the roadside in two U.S. states between 1997 and 1999, as well as from the 1997-1999 and 2004-2006 Fatality Analysis Reporting System. The outcome of this study confirms the validity of using nighttime crashes as a surrogate measure for alcohol-related fatalities and supports the use of after-midnight crashes for measuring alcohol involvement in nonfatal and PDO crashes when the number of late-night crashes permits.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1879-2057
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
41
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
522-30
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-12-28
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Validity of surrogate measures of alcohol involvement when applied to nonfatal crashes.
pubmed:affiliation
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, 11720 Beltsville Dr., Suite 900, Calverton, MD 20705-3111, USA. voas@pire.org
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural, Validation Studies