Scholarly Journal Articles on Drunk Driving

Impact of drink-driving penalty enhancement policies on road traffic injury deaths among vulnerable road users in Shandong Province: an interrupted time series study

BMC Public Health. 2025 Dec 28;26(1):394. doi: 10.1186/s12889-025-25966-1.

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND : Road traffic injuries (RTIs) rank as the seventh leading cause of death in China, with over 70% of these fatalities involving vulnerable road users (VRUs). In 2011, the Chinese government revised and implemented a new road traffic safety law, imposing harsher penalties for drink-driving.