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Figure 1 Fatalities in Alcohol-Related Crashes

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Figure 1 Fatalities in Alcohol-Related Crashes

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Year Total fatalities Fatalities in alcohol related-crashes
1985 43,825 22,716
1990 44,599 22,085
1991 41,508 19,887
1992 39,250 17,859
1993 40,150 17,473
1994 40,716 16,580
1995 41,817 17,247
1996 42,065 17,218
1997 42,013 16,189
1998 41,501 15,935
1999 41,611 15,787
2000 41,821 16,653

Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway TrafficSafety Administration, National Center for Statistics and Analysis,Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) database, available at http://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov/www/query.html, as of September 2001.