[crash02.htm, updated 11/06]
Year
Rates
Per 100 million vehicle miles traveled
Per 100,000 registered vehicles**
Per 100,000 licensed drivers
Per 100,000 population
All fatalities
2004
1.45
17.63
21.54
14.59
2003
1.48
18.11
21.86
14.74
2002
1.51
18.33
22.09
14.93
2001
1.52
17.93
22.06
14.80
2000
1.53
18.57
22.00
14.86
1999
1.55
18.92
22.29
14.95
1998
1.58
19.26
22.44
15.04
1997
1.64
19.86
22.99
15.41
1996
1.69
20.01
23.43
15.61
1995
1.73
20.37
23.68
15.70
1994
20.18
23.21
15.47
1993
1.75
20.28
23.19
15.45
1992
20.19
22.67
15.30
1991
1.91
21.58
24.56
16.41
1990
2.08
23.12
26.70
17.87
1989
2.17
23.78
27.53
18.47
1988
2.32
24.92
28.91
1987
2.41
25.22
28.67
19.15
1986
2.51
25.40
28.90
19.19
1985
2.47
24.74
27.94
18.42
1984
2.58
25.73
28.48
18.77
1983
25.13
27.62
18.22
1982
2.76
26.59
29.24
18.97
Percent change
1982–2004
-8.5
-4.0
-3.0
Alcohol-related fatalities
0.57
6.96
8.51
5.76
0.59
7.22
8.72
5.88
0.61
7.47
9.00
6.09
0.63
7.39
9.10
6.10
7.70
9.12
6.16
0.62
7.52
8.85
5.94
0.64
7.74
9.01
6.04
0.65
7.90
9.15
6.13
0.72
8.44
9.89
6.59
0.73
8.64
10.04
6.66
8.58
9.87
6.58
0.78
9.05
10.34
6.89
0.81
9.41
10.56
7.13
0.93
10.48
11.93
7.97
1.05
11.71
13.52
1.07
11.70
13.54
9.08
1.18
12.61
14.63
9.75
1.25
13.10
14.89
9.94
1.36
13.79
15.69
10.42
1.31
13.08
14.77
9.74
1.44
14.40
15.93
10.50
1.49
14.54
15.97
10.54
15.84
17.41
11.30
1998–2004
-10.1
-10.0
-5.6
-4.7
Note: Data are from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) maintained by the National Traffic Highway Safety Administration.
* A crash is considered as alcohol-related if either a driver or a nonoccupant (pedestrian or pedalcyclist) had a blood alcohol concentraition (BAC) of 0.01 g/dl or greater. When alcohol tests were not done or test results are unknown, imputed BAC data provided by NHTSA are used.
** Including all private, commercial, and public-owned motor vehicles and motorcycles.
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)