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ALCOHOL-RELATED HIGHWAY FATALITIES
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Fatalities in Alcohol-Related Motor Vehicle Crashes (annual data)
Fatalities in Alcohol-Related Motor Vehicle Crashes (annual data)
Alcohol is the single largest cause of fatal crashes. Alcohol-related fatalities
accounted for 41 percent of all highway fatalities in 2001.
Fatalities include those arising from motor vehicle related crashes in which
the driver and/or a fatally injured pedestrian or other non-motorist had a measured
or estimated blood alcohol content of 0.01 grams per deciliter or greater.
| Total |
17,380 |
17,448 |
| Alcohol-Related Highway Fatalities percent change from previous year |
10.10 |
0.39 |
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 Traffic Safety Facts. Available at: http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/ncsa/factshet.html.
2001 numbers from NHTSA, 2001 Annual Assessment, available at: http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/nrd-30/NCSA/Rpts/2002/Assess01.pdf
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