Potentially, this could lead to an awareness campaign about drunken biking, akin to the now-familiar (and successful) anti-drunk driving campaigns that began in the 1980s that featured slogans like “Friends don’t let friends drive drunk” and “Don’t drink and drive, call for a ride,” as well as the idea of “designated drivers.” Of those, 18 - or 21 percent - showed signs Butīecause alcohol is metabolized with time, only 84 of those cases the bicyclist had died within three hours of the crash were considered to have valid tests. Of the 225 bicyclists who died in fatal accidents during the 10-year time period, only 176 were tested for alcohol. Stayton cautioned that the data was somewhat limited because of nature of toxicology tests. Stayton, explaining the new information in this study. “We were able to look more closely at the injury and the alcohol,” said Ms. The studies drew data from the Police Department, the transportation department, the health department and the medical examiner’s office. The study, which was published in the April issue of Traffic Injury Prevention, extended on research that had been released in a 2006 city report on bicycle accidents. In 6 percent of the drivers involved in bicycle crashes. The study also found that alcohol was detected “It makes you want to ask a lot more about the circumstances before the crash,” she said. She said the study raises a lot of more of questions for researchers. We want to get that information out there.” “It’s something we have to call attention to,” said Catherine Stayton, director of the health department’s injury epidemiology unit. Some 21 percent of autopsies for New York City bicyclists who died within three hours of their accidents detected alcohol in the body, according to a Department of Health and Mental Hygiene study that examined fatalīicycling accidents in New York City from 1996 to 2005.
Don’t drink and drive? What about “don’t drink and bike?”
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