The findings will be used to help design new campaigns to reduce drink-driving levels and aid enforcement. Alcohol consumption was a factor in nearly 40% of the 867 fatal road collisions between 2008 and 2012 recently examined by the RSA. The RSA says there is a complete absence of qualitative Irish research designed to identify why drivers, particularly those aged 18 to 34, engage in potentially fatal drink-driving behaviours. #WeeklyStats — RSA Ireland (@RSAIreland) January 4, 2018The background is set out in an invitation to academic researchers to undertake the study for the RSA. A 2014 survey for the RSA found that one in nine Irish drivers self-reported driving after drinking alcohol in the previous year.

Source: Irish Examiner January 05, 2018 02:15 UTC