Impact of an enhanced sobriety checkpoints programme and publicity campaign on motor vehicle collisions, injuries and deaths in Leon, MX: a synthetic control study.
Duane Alexander QuistbergCarolina Pérez FerrerUsama BilalJordan Levi Rodriguez HernandezYenisei Ramírez-ToscanoLuz Mery Cardenas CardenasIsabel Junquera-BadillaGoro YamadaTonatiuh Barrientos-GutierrezAna V Diez RouxPublished in: Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention (2024)
Drunk driving policies in Leon led to fewer traffic collisions and injuries during the first year of implementation, with a weakening of this effect over time, similar to interventions in high-income settings and other Latin American countries. Supporting the expansion of similar policies to other cities in the region could improve road safety.