According to Anderson & Baumberg47, short interventions within the framework of basic medical
care for alcohol consumption that is a risk and damaging to health have been proved to have a far‐
reaching effect on safety as a whole as well as on road safety since they lead to a reduction in alcohol
consumption and the resultant alcohol‐related disorders. If only 25 % of the population at risk (this
also includes drink drivers) were reached, this would mean, seen for the EU as a whole, the
avoidance of 408,000 years of disability and premature death