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Journal Article
The Correlation Between Police Presence, Targeted Interventions, and Alcohol-impaired Driving Resulting in Personal Injury Accidents in Hungary
2025
Overview
In Hungary, the visible presence of police in public spaces is a common tool for maintaining traffic safety. While previous studies have primarily focused on the amount of time police spend in public areas, they often neglect the significance of targeted interventions aimed at specific violations. This study examines both aspects: the general police presence and targeted measures. It analyses the relationship between police visibility and the number of alcohol-related road traffic accidents involving personal injuries, as well as the correlation between alcohol-related accidents and the number of breathalyser tests conducted. Nationallevel data from 2019 and 2024 are used for the analysis. Findings indicate a strong positive correlation between time spent in public areas and the number of alcohol-related personal injury road traffic accidents (the average correlation coefficient at the county level is 0.7985), suggesting that visibility alone may not effectively reduce accidents. In addition, a weak positive correlation is observed between alcohol-related accidents and the number of breathalyser tests (the average correlation coefficient is 0.0338), indicating that targeted controls have a weak, almost negligible impact. There is a weak correlation (on average 0.3334) between the number of targeted inspections (breathalyser tests) and the number of positive results. The weak positive relationship may stem, on the one hand, from the high level of latency characteristic of the offence under examination and, on the other hand, from other contributing factors. The results indicate that the most common, yet least effective, tool for addressing the problem is the application or increase of general police presence. Similarly, targeted interventions do not appear to have a measurable impact on the number of alcohol-related traffic accidents involving personal injury.
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