William Atkins
Monday, 22 February 2010 02:56
Science -
Health
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According to new research involving drinking and driving in the United States by our young people, more fatal motorized vehicle crashes are involving young women drunk behind the wheel.
The summary of research performed by Dr.
Virginia W. Tsai, of the University of California at San Diego, and colleagues is highlighted in the journal
Injury Prevention.
The article is entitled "
Alcohol involvement among young female drivers in US fatal crashes: unfavourable trends" (Injury Prev 2010; 16: 17-20.)
According to the Tsai team, they researched fatal U.S. road traffic collisions for the years of 1995 to 2007.
With young male drivers traditionally being the most prone to drink and drive in the United States, the Tsai team wanted to see if such statistics are continuing to be valid.
They looked at five groups of young drivers at age groups of 16, 17, 18, 19-20, and 21-24 years. The team used data from the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
The data showed that just under 180,000 fatal motorized vehicle accidents occurred among drivers from 16 to 24 years of age during this period of 13 years (please read this carefully), which is about 13, 840 deaths of our young people from drunk driving "each and every year" in the United States.
Are you interested in knowing more about why so many young women are dying on our roads each year. Please read page two.
