Blood Alcohol Levels of Fatally Injilled Drivers and Pedestrians, January-June 1980

New South Wales post-mortem blood alcohol data for drivers, motorcycle riders, and pedestrians who died in crashes during the first six months of 1980. Between 30% and 50% of fatally injured drivers and riders in N.S.W. had a blood alcohol level exceeding the 0.08 g/100 ml legal limit. The dataset compares these results with corresponding Victorian data.

Use Cases

• Compare alcohol involvement in fatal crashes between jurisdictions based on the NSW-Victoria comparison mentioned in the description.
• Analyze the prevalence of alcohol impairment among different road user types (drivers, riders, pedestrians) based on the described post-mortem results.
• Study historical trends in alcohol-related traffic fatalities based on the 1980 time period and legal limit context.
• Assess the relationship between blood alcohol concentration and fatal crash outcomes based on the reported BAC levels.

Strengths

• Provides a direct comparison of blood alcohol levels between New South Wales and Victoria for the same time period.
• Includes specific quantitative findings, such as the 30%-50% prevalence of BAC >0.08 g/100 ml among fatally injured drivers and riders in NSW.
• Focuses on a defined and critical population: individuals who died as a result of crashes.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect temporal bias inherent to its 1980 collection period.

Provenance

Source

NSW Government

Collection Method

Results of post-mortem blood alcohol data examination.

Time Range

January to June 1980

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-25 22:25:47.326229; freshness should be verified.

Geography

New South Wales, Australia, with comparison to Victoria