Relation between alcohol consumption and the infractions and crashes traffics. / Relação entre o consumo de bebidas alcoólicas e as infrações e acidentes de trânsito

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2008

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PEREIRA, R. E. Relation between alcohol consumption and the infractions and crashes traffics. 2008. 83f. Dissertação (Mestrado). Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, 2008. Lately, alcohol consumption has been considered an important public health problem. Ethanol is a type of drug that affects the central nervous system (CNS) and impairs driving skills and co-ordination, increasing risk of deaths and injuries derived from crashes and road traffic. Consumption of alcoholic beverages is implicated with premature deaths, injuries and damages caused by motor vehicle crashes, which result in high costs to government and society. Considering that alcohol consumption is the main responsible for deaths and disabilities in people in the prime of life, the aim of this work was to carry out a descriptive and comparative statistical analysis of presence of blood alcohol in relation to traffic occurrences and crashes in the region of Ribeirão Preto. The data were combined with information obtained from TRANSERP (Empresa de Trânsito e Transporte Urbano de Ribeirão Preto), to evaluate the profile of infractors and/or victims of traffic occurrences. Blood samples were obtained from infractors and/or victims of traffic occurrences and were sent to CEAP/IML/Polícia Técnico-Científica Ribeirão Preto. In collaboration with the Forensic Toxicology Laboratory of Centro de Medicina Legal, Ribeirão Preto (CEMEL/FMRP/USP), blood alcohol concentration (BAC) was determined in 2,134 investigated persons, from 2005 to 2007. The results revealed a predominance of 18-35 years old, masculine, white and single persons. With regard to different categories of traffic occurrences, there was a direct correlation between positive BAC and involvement of individuals in dangerous driving/verification of drunkenness. In the city of Ribeirão Preto, the number of registered traffic occurrences is higher than the number of exams requested for detection of blood alcohol in infractors and/or victims of accidents. The results of the present work indicate that more frequent tests for blood alcohol in drivers may benefit society, since there was a predominance of drunk drivers involved in traffic accidents. The statistical data obtained in this work, showed the high risk of drinking and driving, as a cause for negligence and imprudence on the public streets and roads leading to contraventions and traffic accidents, that threatens overall population. The present results can contribute for actions of prevention and intervention to promote traffic safety, with potential reduction of the number of infractions and traffic accidents related to consumption of alcoholic beverages.

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bebidas alcoólicas concentração de álcool no sangue. keywords: traffic occurrences blood alcohol concentration. alcoholic beverages palavras chave: ocorrências de trânsito

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