ADDRESSING DRINK DRIVING:
INTERNATIONAL GOOD PRACTICE
Designing and implementing effective drink driving programmes requires careful planning
and consideration.
Key aspects of such programmes include:
Engaging stakeholders – Identify and include stakeholders, reach out to partners, and
communicate consistently.
Developing a Situation Assessment
AGENCY ROLES
Identify agency responsibilities for liquor licensing, driver licensing,
vehicle registration, road safety, law enforcement, road
infrastructure, healthcare, etc.
COMMUNITY/DRIVER VIEWS
Identify community/driver views about drink driving
PAST PROGRAM
Analyze past drink driving programs used by others (program
Defining the scope – For example, the focus could be a region
or a city, or more specifically, a main road or international corridor.
Identifying the issue to be addressed – This could range from
alcohol policies and implementation to influencing societal norms
or infrastructure improvement.
COMMUNITY/
STAKEHOLDERS
Identify Stakeholders and their likely interest in drink driving
A key international good practice guide on drinking and driving
programmes, published by the Global Road Safety Partnership
(GRSP), is “Drinking and Driving: A Road Safety Manual for
Decision Makers and Practitioners.” One of the key principles
emphasized in the guide is the importance of conducting
situation assessments.
Identify where and when alcohol is consumed to excess (map
DRAFT PROGRAM
• To identify the scale of the problem
• To understand the currently available mechanisms in place
• To provide baseline data for monitoring and evaluation
A properly conducted situation assessment profiles the problem
to be addressed and can be used to guide programme
development. Importantly, it can identify information gaps, record
past experience, and point towards programme objectives, design
and evaluation.
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PAST
PROGRAM
STAKEHOLDERS
DRINKING
PROFILE
DRAFT
PROGRAM
LEGISLATION
Identify possible objectives potential components, and likely
evaluation objectives for the future drink driving intervention
LEGISLATION
OTHERS’
EXPERIENCE
Identify licensing laws, drink driving laws, etc.
DRINK
DRIVERS
OTHERS’ EXPERIENCE
Undertake a literature search on drink driving programs
Situation assessments are a vital tool in understanding and
addressing drink driving. It is fundamentally important to conduct
a situation assessment before implementing a programme
to prevent alcohol-related crashes for three main reasons:
DRIVER
VIEWS
DRINKING PROFILE
locations, times and drinking venues)
We invite you to view the related workshop presentation.
AGENCY
ROLES
content, activities, approaches and planning experience)
and initiatives
CRASH
DATA
DRINK DRIVERS
Identify drink drivers target groups and their motivations for drink
driving (commission qualitative research, if this information
is unavailable)
CRASH DATA
Collect, collate and analyze crash and injury data
Situation
Assessment
Total Problem
Profile
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