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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Motor Vehicle Injury – Alcohol-Impaired Driving: Ignition Interlocks

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Systematic Review

Source: The Guide to Community Preventive Services

Last Reviewed: April 2006

Workgroups: Substance Use Workgroup, Injury and Violence Prevention Workgroup

The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) recommends ignition interlocks for people who have been convicted of drunk driving. Ignition interlocks are devices that can prevent a driver from using a vehicle if they have a blood alcohol concentration above a certain level. CPSTF found that when people who had been convicted of drunk driving had ignition interlocks in their vehicles, they were less likely to be arrested again. 

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Objectives related to this resource (1)

Reduce the proportion of motor vehicle crash deaths that involve a drunk driver — SU‑11
Getting worse

Suggested Citation

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Guide to Community Preventive Services. (2005). Motor vehicle injury - alcohol-impaired driving: Ignition interlocks. Retrieved from h https://www.thecommunityguide.org/findings/motor-vehicle-injury-alcohol-impaired-driving-ignition-interlocks