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Progress and structure of motor vehicle accident frequency in the region of Prachatice caused by alcohol abuse
VEBER, Luděk
The thesis focuses on the rate of road accidents resulting from alcohol abuse in the district of Prachatice in the period from 1996 to 2006. The objective of the thesis is to analyse available police statistical data of the Police Presidium of the Czech Republic, as well as the South Bohemian Regional Police Directorate, the Regional Department for External Service, and the Road Traffic Inspectorate in Prachatice. The initial part of the thesis defines the characteristics of alcohol, its metabolism in the human body and its subsequent degradation and elimination. Furthermore, it provides a description of alcohol dependence and the impacts on health arising from excessive alcohol consumption. When driving a motor or non-motor vehicle under the influence of alcoholic beverages, the driver commits an unlawful action. The thesis reviews current legislation associated with driving vehicles under the influence of alcoholic beverages. Based on processed statistical data, an analysis of the development of the rate of road accidents caused by alcohol abuse in the period 1996 {--} 2006 was made, as well as an analysis of the structure of road accidents resulting from alcohol abuse in the same period according to the age of the offenders, accident types, and criminal prosecution. The ascertained statistical data served as a basis for diagrams and tables used for further comparison. In total, the thesis contains 22 diagrams and the same number of tables. Whereas the statistical data gathered in this manner were deployed as basic data for an analysis of the road accident rate in the district of Prachatice in the period from 1996 to 2006. One of the main issues examined by the thesis is the unsatisfactory and the socially dangerous conduct of motor vehicle drivers who drive their vehicles under the influence of alcoholic beverage and thereby, pose an imminent threat to the lives and health of other road traffic participants.
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