Impaired Driving - Prevention

Publications and Online Materials

Addressing Alcohol-Impaired Driving: Training Physicians to Detect and Counsel Their Patients Who Drink Heavily

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 2000

Alcohol and Transportation Safety

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 2001

Driving While Impaired

Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration satellite broadcast, 2004

Effectiveness of Federal Drunk Driving Programs

Office of the Inspector General, 2007

An Examination of the Criticisms of the Minimum Legal Drinking Age 21 Laws in the U.S. from a Traffic-Safety Perspective
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 2008

Highway Safety Program Guideline No. 8: Impaired Driving
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 2006

Impaired Driving
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, No publication date indicated

Impaired Driving Guidebook: Three Keys to Renewed Focus and Success
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, No publication date indicated

Impaired Driving Prevention Toolkit
Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 2003

The Nation’s Top Strategies to Stop Impaired Driving
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 2007

Preventing Impaired Driving

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 1999

Preventing Over-consumption of Alcohol – Sales to the Intoxicated and “Happy Hour” (Drink Special) Laws
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 2005

Safe Lanes on Campus: A Guide for Preventing Impaired Driving and Underage Drinking

Department of Education, 2004

Screening and Brief Intervention Tool Kit for College and University Campuses
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 2007

A Social Norms Strategy to Reduce Impaired Driving Among 21-34-Year-Olds
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 2005

Teen Driving: Drunk? Drugged? Distracted?
Office of National Drug Control Policy, No publication date indicated 

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Prevention Campaigns

Buzzed Driving is Drunk Driving
This campaign promotes personal responsibility in order to prevent individuals from getting behind the wheel after they have had enough to drink to feel “buzzed.”

Drunk Driving: Over the Limit. Under Arrest. Holiday Crackdown Planner
This promotional planner provides marketing materials, earned media tools and marketing ideas to support local impaired driving initiatives surrounding the National Enforcement Crackdown.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: Hispanic Heritage Kit

Recognizing that Hispanics are at particular risk of death or injury from an alcohol-related traffic crash, this kit contains facts, data, laws and other information on impaired driving in order to address this issue.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: Holiday 2008 Media Planner

The intent of this Holiday promotional planner is to provide users with customizable media tools and marketing material templates designed to prevent drunk driving.

Drugged, Drunk, and Distracted Driving 

This Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) initiative highlights the dangers associated with drunk, drugged, and distracted driving.

Working Partners for an Alcohol- and Drug-Free Workplace: Impaired Driving
This campaign promotes employer-sponsored prevention efforts to help eliminate impaired driving. 

Related Resources

Drugged and Drunk Driving Package
Resources on this Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) site provide parents with information on how teach their children about the dangers of drugged, drunk, and distracted driving.

National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI)

NCADI is the Federal clearinghouse that has alcohol resources available for distribution.

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
NIAAA provides leadership in the national effort to reduce alcohol-related problems.

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism: Alcohol-Related Risk Behaviors among Youth

This Web site provides statistics on alcohol-related behaviors among youth, including statistics on drunk driving.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
The mission of this agency is to save lives, prevent injuries and reduce the economic costs due to road traffic crashes, through education, research, safety standards and enforcement activity.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: Impaired Driving Safety Program

The Impaired Driving Division develops partnerships to cooperatively save lives, prevent injuries, and reduce traffic-related health care and economic costs resulting from impaired driving.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: Stop Impaired Driving

This site is designed to provide users with information and resources to fight drunk and drugged driving in their community.