Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/185878 
Year of Publication: 
2007
Citation: 
[Journal:] Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics [ISSN:] 2235-6282 [Volume:] 143 [Issue:] 4 [Publisher:] Springer [Place:] Heidelberg [Year:] 2007 [Pages:] 397-424
Publisher: 
Springer, Heidelberg
Abstract: 
By January 1, 2005, Switzerland reduced the legal level of blood–alcohol concentration while driving from 0.8h to 0.5h. This happend on basis of the assumptions that more restrictive per mil levels increase road safety. The benefit of lower blood–alcohol levels, however, depends on whether drinking drivers indeed pose a risk for themselves and other road users. Analyses using official data of all 84'437 two–car crashes during 2001–2005 indeed show a higher relative risk of drinking to sober drivers. And, we also find evidence that prejudices against drivers with an Eastern European citizenship, contrary to recent newspaper articles, are groundless.
Subjects: 
Traffics accidents
drinking
statistical modelling
estimation of risk
JEL: 
C51
C81
K41
R41
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Document Type: 
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