Sex differences in driving under the influence: What can we conclude from accident data and point system?

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Result on the web

<a href="https://tots.upol.cz/pdfs/tot/2022/02/05.pdf" target="_blank" >https://tots.upol.cz/pdfs/tot/2022/02/05.pdf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5507/tots.2022.008" target="_blank" >10.5507/tots.2022.008</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Sex differences in driving under the influence: What can we conclude from accident data and point system?

Original language description

The Czech Republic regularly ranks among the countries with the highest average alcohol consumption in the world, with men consuming about three times more alcohol than women. This is of particular concern in road safety. Approximately 5% of road accidents caused by motor vehicle drivers in the Czech Republic between 2012 and 2020 happened due to drivers under the influence of alcohol and/or other addictive substances (DUI). However, these accidents accounted for almost 11% of all fatalities registered in these accidents, most of which (95%) were caused by male drivers. This paper aimed to (1) analyze the differences in DUI between men and women, (2) relate data from drivers’ penalty point system regarding DUI to data on the accident rate of inebriated drivers in the Czech Republic between 2012 and 2020. It was ascertained that men have a marked preponderance in both the point system (89%) and the accident data (86%) and the point system positively correlates with accident data in both men and women. In addition, the causes of traffic accidents vary according to the sex of the culprit – women crashed most often due to loss of vehicle control, whereas crashes of men occurred as a result of speeding. The statistical findings were complemented by the experience of an expert group conducting rehabilitation programs for drivers with suspended driving license.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_ost - Miscellaneous article in a specialist periodical

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

20104 - Transport engineering

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Transactions on Transport Sciences

ISSN

1802-9876

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

13

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

7

Pages from-to

45-51

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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