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This paper by Gonzalez-Luque JC and Rodriguez-Artalejo F, identifies
the variables associated with alcohol-related fatal traffic crashes
(AFTC) in Spain and for the first time in this country, the variables
were used to describe the trend in AFTC and alcohol consumption
over the period 1976-1993. Official data was obtained from the
Traffic Department (Direccion General de Trafico), the National
Statistics Institute (Instituto Nacional de Estadistica), and
from the international publications on trends in alcohol consumption.
In Spain night-time fatal crashes(NFC) and male-driver single-vehicle
night-time fatal crashes (MNFC) were strongly associated with
AFTC rates. A further finding was the decrease in NFC and MNFC
rates during the period 1978-1993, however this decrease proved
to be of a lower magnitude than that observed for daytime crashes.
No relationship was observed between alcohol consumption at the
population level and NFC or MNFC rates. The fatal crash rate,
particularly the daytime rate,showed a rise with wealth level,
as measured by gross domestic product and private consumption,
and an inverse relationship with unemployment rate. In the most
part the relationship between the fatal crash rate and economic
variables was due to changes in vehicle-km travelled.
Source.Gonzalez-Luque JC, Rodriguez-Artalejo F. The relationship
of different socio-economic variables and alcohol consumption
with night-time fatal traffic crashes in Spain: Eur J Epidemiol
2000; 16:955-61. |
