Organisations: University of Bath & University of Essex
Date of Publication: August 2021
Date Uploaded to Knowledge Centre: 17 August 2021
The introduction of a tougher drink drive limit in Scotland over six years ago has had ‘no effect’ at reducing drink driving or alcohol related collisions, according to this academic study.
Publishing their findings in the Journal of Health Economics, the researchers from the Universities of Bath and Essex paint a worrying picture: there has been no change across all types of accidents involving alcohol as a result of the introduction of a stricter limit of 50mlg per 100mml introduced in Scotland in December 2014.
Their results were consistent for men and women, for younger and older drivers and whether accidents took place at night or in the day / in the week or at the weekend. In addition, the findings suggest the reform did not reduce other crimes as had been expected.
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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0167629621000722