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Year Total fatalities Fatalities in alcohol related-crashes 1985 43,825 23,168 1990 44,599 22,589 1991 41,508 20,158 1992 39,250 18,290 1993 40,150 17,...Excel | CSV | Table Version
Note: Some data may have been revised by NHTSA and thus differ from last year's Pocket Guide
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