Blood alcohol levels of persons killed in motor traffic accidents : TARU 6/81

Created 06/06/2025

Updated 06/06/2025

Coroners' data on blood alcohol concentrations of fatally injured crash victims in New South Wales are examined. Published data from Victoria and Queensland are summarised. It is found that in New South Wales the blood alcohol concentrations of a large proportion of all fatally injured drivers and riders remains unknown. An exact estimate of the proportion of drivers and riders with a blood alcohol concentration above the legal limit of 0.08g/100m1 cannot be obtained. However, a range of estimates may be obtained by assuming that the unknown blood alcohol concentrations may all be either above or below the legal limit. Based mainly on data collected from New South Wales coroners' courts, and supported by data from other States, it is estimated that 30% to 60% of all drivers and motorcyclists who die as a result of a motor traffic crash have a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08g/100m1 (.08%) or more.

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Title Blood alcohol levels of persons killed in motor traffic accidents : TARU 6/81
Language English
Licence lsba
Landing Page https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/33628b22-679e-4b68-a2f8-2aea42b03022
Remote Last Updated 08/09/2021
Contact Point
NSW Government
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Reference Period 08/09/2021
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This dataset was originally found on DataNSW "Blood alcohol levels of persons killed in motor traffic accidents : TARU 6/81". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/dataset/nsw-3-17525-blood-alcohol-levels-of-persons-killed-in-motor-traffic-accidents-taru-6-81