Citation

Blomberg RD, Fell JC. Proc. Am. Assoc. Automot. Med. Annu. Conf. 1979; 23: 1-17.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1979, Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine)

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Abstract

A field accident study was conducted in the City of New Orleans in 1975-76 in order to (1) determine the percentage and relative risk of alcohol involvement in adult pedestrian fatal and injury accidents; (2) identify in the alcohol involved accidents any unique accident types, behavioral errors, or other characteristics which distinguish these accidents from non-alcohol pedestrian accidents; and (3) study the alcohol use patterns and the drinker classifications of these pedestrians.

The study was based on extensive data collection on adult (age ≥ 14) pedestrian fatal and non-fatal accident cases and the establishment of control groups based on accident and random site sampling. Specifically, the following groups were developed: Fatal Accident Group (N = 86) - all pedestrians (ages ≥ 14) who died within 24 hours of a motor vehicle accident in New Orleans during 1972-76. Injury (non-fatal) Accident Group (N = 180) - pedestrians (ages ≥ 14) taken to Charity Hospital in New Orleans following an accident that occurred between March 1975 and March 1976. Accident Site Control Groups (N =1208) - similarly exposed but non-accident involved pedestrians (ages ≥ 14) passing the site of the fatal and injury accidents within ± 30 minutes on the same day of the week as the original accidents.