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Decedent's role in alcohol-related traffic crash fatalities, United States, 1982–2004.


[crash05.htm, updated 11/06]

Year

Decedent's role

Driver

Passenger

Nonoccupant

Unknown

All

No.

Pct.*

No.

Pct.*

No.

Pct.*

No.

Pct.*

No.

Pct.*

2004

10,635

39.6

3,708

35.8

2,543

46.0

33

42.2

16,919

39.5

2003

10,863

40.6

3,641

34.8

2,561

46.2

40

38.6

17,105

39.9

2002

10,998

41.3

3,903

36.8

2,571

45.7

53

47.5

17,524

40.7

2001

10,745

41.5

3,908

37.3

2,693

46.8

54

52.8

17,400

41.2

2000

10,697

41.8

4,092

38.3

2,547

45.5

44

51.5

17,380

41.4

1999

10,229

40.5

3,682

35.0

2,614

44.7

48

49.1

16,572

39.7

1998

10,096

40.8

3,746

35.6

2,777

45.4

53

48.8

16,673

40.2

1997

10,143

41.1

3,859

35.3

2,660

42.3

49

42.7

16,711

39.8

1996

10,557

43.0

4,225

38.2

2,919

45.8

48

45.3

17,749

42.2

1995

10,745

44.1

3,988

37.0

2,936

45.0

63

53.2

17,732

42.4

1994

10,373

43.8

4,011

38.1

2,870

44.9

54

49.1

17,308

42.5

1993

10,722

46.3

4,101

39.6

3,051

46.4

34

48.2

17,908

44.6

1992

10,929

48.4

4,324

42.3

2,989

46.9

49

57.3

18,290

46.6

1991

12,102

50.6

4,744

44.4

3,241

47.9

72

58.9

20,159

48.6

1990

13,454

52.2

5,426

48.1

3,634

48.7

73

67.2

22,587

50.6

1989

13,663

51.8

5,124

44.1

3,595

48.0

42

56.9

22,424

49.2

1988

14,464

53.1

5,585

47.3

3,719

47.0

64

56.9

23,833

50.6

1987

14,527

54.1

5,667

48.8

3,838

49.1

61

56.0

24,094

51.9

1986

15,059

56.5

5,910

51.4

3,972

50.6

76

72.0

25,017

54.3

1985

13,958

55.1

5,259

49.5

3,896

50.1

54

62.3

23,167

52.9

1984

14,872

58.1

5,629

53.2

4,185

52.5

76

69.4

24,762

55.9

1983

14,572

60.4

5,814

54.9

4,173

53.9

76

68.7

24,635

57.8

1982

15,385

62.3

6,086

56.0

4,642

55.9

60

67.9

26,173

59.6

Note: Data are from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) maintained by the National Traffic Highway Safety Administration.

* Alcohol-involved as percentage of total decedents in the role-category.

Source: Alcohol Epidemiologic Data System. Yi, H., Chen, C.M., and Williams, G.D. Surveillance Report #76: Trends in Alcohol-Related Fatal Traffic Crashes, United States, 1982–2004. Bethesda, MD: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Division of Epidemiology and Prevention Research (August 2006)

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