Drunk Driving Fatalities
[2023-04-15 09:20:06]
Since 1982, the number of deaths due to drunk driving on our road decreased by 48%, but the total number of traffic fatalities decreased by nearly 18%. Of the people under the age of 21, the number of deaths caused by drunk driving has decreased by 80%. Despite these advances, we have work to do and our commitment to eliminate drunk driving is more powerful than ever. Hardcore drunk drivers continue to seriously damage our roads, causing 70% of drunk driving deaths. This includes known driver's alcohol test results.
On our state map, you can search and check statistics on drinking driving and drinking of individuals under 21 years of age and learn how to compare them with national trends. You can also download and share the summary of drunk driving death in the United States. This includes tables and charts summarizing the latest information on drinking driving mortality statistics.
The alcohol addiction mortality rate per 100,000 people in 2017 was 3, decreased by 64% from the record in 1982, decreased by 47% since the establishment of the alcohol responsible foundation in 1991.
Alcohol death accounts for 29% of the total death toll from car accidents in 2017. From 1991 to 2017, the mortality rate by drinking and driving per 100,000 people decreased 47% nationwide and 68% among children under 21 years old. These statistics and others are forward-looking indicators of progress against drunk driving
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 37,133 people (the latest data) died in a car accident in the US in 2017, estimated to be 10,874 died in a drunk driving accident related to driver's illegal BAC (0.08 or more) It is a person. large). Of the people who lost their lives in the collision accident of drunk driving, 67% (7,052) collided and at least one driver died of more than 0.15 BAC.
Since the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) began recording alcohol related statistics in 1982, the number of people under 21 years of age who died in a drunk driving accident increased from the 5,215 highest record in 1982 to 2016 To 1,031 people. Personnel, 80% reduction These deaths account for 10% of deaths from drunk driving in the United States.
Two hundred thousand Americans under the age of 21 died in drinking driving in 2016. In the past 10 years, the number of deaths caused by drinking and driving less than 21 years old per 100,000 people decreased by 45%.
Since the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) estimates the alcohol damage statistics of the country and the state, the statistics of drunk driving differ from country to country. The alcohol mortality rate per 100 thousand people represents the number of deaths due to drunk driving per 100 thousand people tested (eg the United States and the total population of a particular state). This is more similar to comparing data.
Three people died by drinking and driving per 100,000 people nationwide in 2017. In 22 provinces and D.C., the drunk driving mortality rate per 100,000 people is below the national level.
Between 2005 and 2012, the number of deaths due to drunk driving per capita has decreased by 28%. At the same time, the percentage of people observing the "remarkable operation" of mobile phones surprisingly increased by 650%. The number of deads caused by distressed driving increased by 28% from 2005 alone in 2008 alone. In 2012, 3,328 Americans died in a car accident due to a crash and 10,322 people died of alcohol-related car accidents. Unfortunately, drivers are unconscious and at risk, and teens are facing the greatest danger. According to a survey by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, a driver under 25 years is three times more likely to be a text message while driving as an old driver. 60% of the young people aged 18 to 20 are reporting that they are sending the text "not very safe" while driving, while 95% of young people over the age of 45 are reporting
Since 1982,