A 7 page term paper proposal for a quantitative analysis class proposing a statistical analysis of traffic deaths in which alcohol is a factor. Specifically, the study will investigate alcohol's influence in fatal crashes as it relates to speed, sex, time of day and age. All data will come from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) National Center for Statistics and Analysis (NCSA); the study will consider only the data reported for 2005. This study is expected to demonstrate that younger drivers are more likely to be involved in fatal crashes when alcohol is a factor. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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reflect a found authors name Introduction and Background There has been a great deal of attention trained on the influence of alcohol in
fatal traffic accidents for many years. The issue gained only cursory attention until Candy Lightner made a vow in her deceased daughters bedroom in 1980 to "do something" about
the growing and ominous problem of drunk driving (Davies, 2005). In the ensuing quarter-century, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) have called to account politicians across the country and has
been instrumental in forcing dramatic reductions in acceptable blood alcohol levels before invoking traffic tickets that can result in loss of drivers licenses for those cited.
Though the total number of alcohol-related incidents has declined during that time, there has been little change in the past decade (U.S. DOT Releases 2005 Data, 2006)
and there is still more than enough room for improvement. In Louisiana alone in 2005, 37 percent of crashes "involving drivers between the ages of 21 and 24 were
alcohol related" (Under-35 drinkers, 2006; p. NA); the rate increased to 35 percent for those between 25 and 34. Perhaps most disturbing is that in 2005 in Louisiana, "alcohol
was a common denominator in almost 39 percent of fatal crashes involving drivers between the ages of 15 and 20" (Under-35 drinkers, 2006; p. NA), an age group that cannot
gain legal access to alcohol. Purpose Across the country, in 2005 alone "there were 16,885 alcohol-related fatalities in traffic crashes, a figure nearly
unchanged during the last decade" (U.S. DOT Releases 2005 Data, 2006). The purpose here is to take a closer look at traffic deaths in which alcohol is a factor.
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