DRINKING AND DRIVING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: CONFRONTING THE CHALLENGE

There has been much progress in reducing drinking and driving in industrialised countries over the past 30 years. However, while drinking and driving continues to be a source of concern in developed countries, it is an even greater concern in developing countries. This is not only because alcohol-related crashes have significant [social and] economic costs, but because they often result in the death or serious injury of breadwinners such that families are no longer able to pay for essentials and are forced into poverty.