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ALCOHOL-RELATED HIGHWAY FATALITIES
Fatalities in Alcohol-Related Motor Vehicle Crashes (annual data)
Fatalities in Alcohol-Related Motor Vehicle Crashes (annual data)
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration, National Center for Statistics and Analysis, Traffic Safety Facts
1998, DOT HS 808 983 (Washington, DC: October 1999), table 13, and personal communication,
Sept. 11, 2000. 2000 data: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, National Center
for Statistics and Analysis, 2000 Early Assessment.
Alcohol is the single largest cause of fatal crashes. Alcohol-related fatalities accounted
for nearly 38 percent of all highway fatalities in 2000.
Fatalities include those arising from
motor vehicle related crashes in which the driver and/or a fatally injured pedestrian or
other nonmotorist had a measured or estimated blood alcohol content of 0.01 grams per
deciliter or greater.
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