In Hungary, around 14,000 to 15,000 traffic accidents result in personal injuries on public roads annually. Half of the individuals involved in fatal collisions are considered vulnerable pedestrians or cyclists. Our retrospective cross-sectional study reviewed the police and medical aspects of personal injury traffic accidents in our county. In 2023, there were 26 fatal accidents, 9 of which involved pedestrians, with 8 being at-fault pedestrians. Additionally, 920 traffic accident patients visited the emergency care department of the county hospital, with 68% of them having injuries that healed within 8 days.

In Hungary, the consumption of any alcoholic beverage before driving is illegal. A person is considered drunk if they have a blood alcohol concentration of 0.5 g per liter or more. The situation regarding drug use is also disappointing. This research analyses these effects on transport and their “outcome” by evaluating analyses based on police data, driver training data, and experimental data. The research aims to further raise awareness of the public health importance of this problem through a case–control study. Descriptive and correlational, statistical calculations were performed with a significance value of p < 0.05. Between 2019 and 2023, there were 10–13.000 drunk driving offenses and 1.000–1.300 drunk-driving accidents on the roads each year, most of which occurred in the capital and caused minor injuries. The results will be used to discover synergies to improve road safety.