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Evaluation of legislation to reduce the drink drive limit in Scotland

Evaluation of legislation to reduce the drink drive limit in Scotland: a natural experiment

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN38602189
Enrollment
64596800
Registered
2017-06-27
Start date
2012-12-05
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2023-07-25

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Conditions

Road traffic accidents and per capita alcohol consumption. Not Applicable Road traffic accidents and per capita alcohol consumption.

Interventions

In Scotland, the drink drive policy was updated and came into effect on 5th December 2014, lowering to 50mg per 100ml of blood from 80mg. In the rest of Great Britain, the limit has remained at 0.08 g

Sponsors

University of Glasgow
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: The entire population of Scotland (intervention) and England and Wales (control).

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: No exclusion criteria

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Road traffic accident counts will be measured by STATS19 police data of road accidents in Great Britain on a weekly basis over the 4-year study period.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1. Off-trade per capita alcohol sales will be measured by alcohol retail sales data from Nielsen market research company on a 4-weekly basis over the 4-year study period 2. On-trade per capita alcohol sales will be measured be alcohol retail sales data from Nielsen market research company on a 4-weekly basis over the 4-year study period

Countries

Scotland, United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 4, 2026