Alcohol-related Crashes

Acknowledgements

This volume of NCHRP Report 500 was developed under NCHRP Project 17-18(3), the product of which is a series of implementation guides addressing the emphasis areas of AASHTO's Strategic Highway Safety Plan. The project was managed by CH2M HILL, and the co-principal investigators were Kevin Slack of CH2M HILL and Ron Pfefer. Timothy Neuman of CH2M HILL served as the overall project director for the team. Kelly Hardy, also of CH2M HILL, served as a technical specialist on the development of the guides.

The project team was organized around the specialized technical content contained in each guide and the overall team included nationally recognized experts from many organizations. The following team of experts, selected based on their knowledge of this emphasis area, served as lead authors for the alcohol guide:

Robert Foss, Arthur Goodwin & Jamie Sohn
University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center
James Hedlund
Highway Safety North

Development of the volumes of NCHRP Report 500 utilized the resources and expertise of many professionals from around the country and overseas. Through research, workshops, and actual demonstration of the guides by agencies, the resulting documents represent best practices in each emphasis area. The project team is grateful to the following list of people and their agencies for supporting the project by providing material, participating in workshops and meetings, and providing input and comments during the development of the alcohol guide:

Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles Vince Burgess	National Center for Injury Prevention and Control/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Ruth Shults	Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation John Lacey Robert Voas
Governors Highway Safety Association Barbara Harsha		Preusser Research Group David Preusser
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Anne McCartt	Nebraska Office of Highway Safety Fred Zwonechek	Safety and Policy Analysis International Kathryn Stewart
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism Ralph Hingson	Minnesota Office of Traffic Safety Kathy Swanson	Traffic Injury Research Foundation Doug Beirness

The authors would also like to thank the following people for their input and assistance in the development of this guide:

Daniel Hungerford, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention