The relationship of 16 underage drinking laws to reductions in underage drinking drivers in fatal crashes in the United States

The minimum legal drinking age 21 (MLDA 21) legislation in the United States (U.S.) has been documented as one of the most effective public health measures adopted in recent times. This study reports on an effort to evaluate and interrelate a basic set of 16 laws directed at younger than age 21 yout...

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Published in:Annual proceedings - Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine 2007, Vol.51, p.537-557
Main Authors: Fell, J C, Fisher, D A, Voas, R B, Blackman, K, Tippetts, A S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accidents, Traffic - legislation & jurisprudence
Accidents, Traffic - mortality
Accidents, Traffic - prevention & control
Accidents, Traffic - statistics & numerical data
Adolescent
Adolescent Behavior
Adolescent Development
Age Factors
Alcohol Drinking - epidemiology
Alcohol Drinking - legislation & jurisprudence
Alcoholic Intoxication - epidemiology
Alcoholic Intoxication - prevention & control
Analysis of Variance
Automobile Driving - legislation & jurisprudence
Automobile Driving - statistics & numerical data
Automobiles - legislation & jurisprudence
Automobiles - statistics & numerical data
Female
Humans
Male
Regression Analysis
Risk Assessment
Risk Reduction Behavior
United States - epidemiology
Young Drivers
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Summary:The minimum legal drinking age 21 (MLDA 21) legislation in the United States (U.S.) has been documented as one of the most effective public health measures adopted in recent times. This study reports on an effort to evaluate and interrelate a basic set of 16 laws directed at younger than age 21 youth that are designed to (a) control the sales of alcohol to youth, (b) prevent possession and consumption of alcohol by youth, and (c) prevent alcohol impaired driving by those younger than age 21. The first objective of this study was to determine whether there was any relationship between the existence and strength of the various underage drinking laws in a State and the percentage of younger than age 21 drivers involved in fatal crashes who were drinking. After controlling for various factors, the only significant finding that emerged was for the existence and strength of the law making it illegal for an underage person to use fake identification ( p
ISSN:1540-0360