Motor Vehicle-Related Injury Prevention: Reducing Alcohol-Impaired Driving
The reviewed interventions aim to reduce alcohol-impaired driving and the associated deaths and injuries. Approaches include legislation and policy strategies, sobriety checkpoints and school-based programs among others.
Task Force Recommendations & Findings
This table lists interventions reviewed by the Community Guide, with Task Force findings for each (definitions of findings). Click on an underlined intervention title for a summary of the review. These reviews were led by scientists in the Community Guide and CDC’s Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention.
| 0.08% blood alcohol concentration (BAC) laws | Recommended |
| Lower BAC laws for young or inexperienced drivers | Recommended |
| Maintaining current minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) Laws | Recommended |
| Sobriety checkpoints | Recommended |
| Mass media campaigns | Recommended |
| Multicomponent interventions with community mobilization | Recommended |
| Ignition interlocks | Recommended |
School-based programs |
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| Instructional programs | Recommended |
| Peer organizing interventions | Insufficient Evidence |
| Social norming campaigns | Insufficient Evidence |
Designated driver promotion programs |
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| Incentive programs | Insufficient Evidence |
| Population-based campaigns | Insufficient Evidence |
Presentations & Promotional Materials
Slides:
Using Evidence for Public Health Decision Making: Motor Vehicle-Related Injury
Prevention 
[PDF - 320KB] Developed by the Community Guide
Promotional Materials:
Community Guide News: Ignition Interlocks: A Proven Means for Preventing Impaired Driving Re-Arrests Developed by the Community Guide in collaboration with CDC’s Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention
Community Guide News: From Research to Policy: Lessons from a Community Guide Review on Alcohol-Impaired Driving Laws Developed by the Community Guide in collaboration with CDC’s Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention
Media Outreach:
CDC Press Release: Ignition Interlocks Reduce Alcohol-Impaired Driving 
Developed by the Community Guide in collaboration with CDC’s Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention
CDC Newsroom Formatted Article: Ignition Interlocks – A Proven Means for Preventing Impaired Driving Re-Arrests [PDF - 161KB] Developed by the Community Guide in collaboration with CDC’s Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention
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Related Topics
Archived Community Guide review:
Intervention training programs for servers of alcoholic beverages
Disclaimer
The findings and conclusions on this page are those of the Community Preventive Services Task Force and do not necessarily represent those of CDC.
Sample Citation
The content of publications of the Guide to Community Preventive Services is in the public domain. Citation as to source, however, is appreciated. Sample citation: Guide to Community Preventive Services. Motor vehicle-related injury prevention: reducing alcohol-impaired driving. www.thecommunityguide.org/mvoi/AID/index.html. Last updated: MM/DD/YYYY.
- Page last reviewed: January 26, 2011
- Page last updated: January 26, 2011
- Content source: The Guide to Community Preventive Services
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