Alcohol policy and fatal alcohol-related crashes in Finland 2000-2016

Traffic Injury Prevention
Juhani KalsiTimo M T Tervo

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between annual alcohol consumption per capita/alcohol price index and the number of alcohol-related fatal motor vehicle accidents (AFMVAs). We were particularly interested in whether a tax reduction in 2004 increased the number of alcohol-related accidents. The data consisted of all fatal motor vehicle accidents (FMVAs) during the years 2000-2016 obtained from a database maintained by the Finnish Crash Data Institute (OTI). The data included all fatally injured drivers. We compared the OTI data to official statistics on annual alcohol consumption and the alcohol price index. There were 3,447 fatally injured drivers, of which 25% (n = 869) were intoxicated (blood alcohol concentration [BAC] ≥ 0.05%). After the reduction of the alcohol tax in 2004, the alcohol consumption rose 12.4% from 2003 to 2005 and AFMVAs rose 38%. There was a strong correlation (r = 0.7000, P < .018) between the recorded consumption of alcohol and the number of AFMVAs. There was a strong negative correlation between AFMVAs and the combined (retail + restaurant sales) alcohol price index (r = -0.7863, P = .0005). A linear mixed-effects model showed that a 1-L increase in total alcohol consumption per...Continue Reading

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May 29, 2020·Substance Use & Misuse·Raphael Eduardo Marques GonçalvesVilma Leyton
Sep 17, 2020·Nordisk alkohol- & narkotikatidskrift : NAT·Juhani KalsiTimo Tervo
Oct 23, 2020·Scientific Reports·Antti RiuttanenVille M Mattila
Jul 17, 2021·The International Journal on Drug Policy·Camila W Lopes de OliveiraZila M Sanchez

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