An Evaluation of Checkpoint Tennessee: Tennessee's Statewide Sobriety Checkpoint Program

This report evaluates the results of Checkpoint Tennessee, a sobriety checkpoint program initiated in 1994 by the Tennessee Highway Patrol.  The traffic safety impact of dramatically increasing the number of sobriety checkpoints conducted throughout the state was analyzed, and results indicate a 20.4 percent reduction in alcohol-related crashes.  This significant decrease was achieved with relatively low implementation costs.  8.5" x 11", two color, 65 pages.