Child endangerment: Differences across racial and ethnic groups in the U.S. in driver alcohol use and restraint of child passengers – Driver Characteristics Section

Voas, R.B.; Fisher, D.A.; and Tippetts, A.S.

In Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety – T 2000: Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety, May 22-26, 2000 pgs. 125-131 , Stockholm, Sweden: ICADTS (2000)
Editor(s): H. Laurell; and F. Schlyter

This study linked comprehensive, national fatal crash data with information on race and ethnicity to examine differences across groups in rates of driver alcohol use and failure to restrain children among cases of child passenger fatalities. Differentials in alcohol-related motor vehicle fatality risk were identified for children of some racial and ethnic groups, as well as on the basis of driver gender and victim age.