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CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION
Background
BAC Data in FARS
Study Goals and Plan
Outline of Report
FARS Data Files
CHAPTER II. STUDY METHODS
State Law Review
Steering Committee
Ten State Case Studies
CHAPTER III. THE BAC TESTING
AND REPORTING PROCESS
Driver Dies at the Crash Scene
Driver Taken to an Emergency Medical Facility
Driver Remains at Crash Scene
CHAPTER IV. STATE LAWS, POLICIES, AND PRACTICES GOVERNING
BAC TESTING
Fatally Injured Drivers
Surviving Drivers
CHAPTER V. REPORTING
BAC RESULTS TO FARS–PRACTICES
AND PITFALLS
Drivers Who Die at the Crash Scene
Drivers Who Die After an Extended Period
Surviving Drivers
FARS System
CHAPTER VI. BEST PRACTICES
Who is Tested
How Test Results Are Transmitted to FARS
How the Process Is Managed
CHAPTER VII. IMPLEMENTATION
NHTSA
Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA)
National Association of Medical Examiners (NAME)
International Association
of Chiefs of Police (IACP) and National Sheriffs’Association (NSA)
National District Attorneys Association (NDAA)
All Organizations
CHAPTER VIII. REFERENCES
LIST OF APPENDICES Appendix
A: Steering Committee
Appendix B: State Case
Study Contacts
Appendix C: Field Data Collection
Protocol
Appendix D: BAC Testing Laws
for Fatally Injured Drivers, by State
Appendix E: BAC Testing Laws for Surviving
Drivers in Fatal Collisions, by State
Appendix
F: Sample Laws
Appendix G: Agenda of
the South Carolina BAC Testing Forum, April 8, 2003
LIST OF FIGURES Figure
1: Study States
Figure 2: BAC testing and
reporting for drivers who die at the crash scene
Figure
3: BAC testing and reporting for drivers taken to a Treatment Facility
Figure
4: BAC testing and reporting for drivers remaining at the crash
scene
LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: BAC Testing and Reporting Rates by State,
FARS 2002
Table 2: BAC Testing and Reporting Rates by State,
Sorted by Percent Known, FARS 2002
Table 3: BAC Testing and Reporting in Annual Report
and Final Files, FARS 2001 Fatally Injured Drivers
Table 4: BAC Testing and Reporting in Annual Report
and Final Files, FARS 2001 Surviving Drivers
Table 5: BAC Testing Rates by State Law Type, Fatally
Injured Drivers, FARS 2002
Table 6: Known BAC Rates by State Law Type, Fatally Injured Drivers, FARS
2002
Table 7: BAC Testing Rates by State Law Type, Surviving Drivers, FARS 2002
Table 8: Known BAC Rates by State Law Type, Surviving Drivers, FARS 2002
Table 9: BAC Testing Rates by State, Sorted by
Percent Missing, FARS 2002
Table 10: BAC Testing for Fatally Injured Drivers,
Study States, FARS 2002
Table 11: BAC Testing for Surviving Drivers, Study
States, FARS 2002
Table 12: State BAC Testing and Reporting Forums,
1999 - 2003
Table 13: BAC Testing and
Reporting Changes after BAC Forums
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