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Table
2-25: Fatalities by Highest Blood
Alcohol Concentration
(BAC) in Highway Crashes
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| Total
fatalities |
43,825 |
44,599 |
41,508 |
39,250 |
40,150 |
40,716 |
41,817 |
42,065 |
42,013 |
41,501 |
41,717 |
41,945 |
42,196 |
43,005 |
42,643 |
| Fatalities in alcohol-related crashes |
23,167 |
22,587 |
20,159 |
18,290 |
17,908 |
17,308 |
17,732 |
17,749 |
16,711 |
16,673 |
16,572 |
17,380 |
17,400 |
17,524 |
17,013 |
| Percent
of total |
52.9 |
50.6 |
48.6 |
46.6 |
44.6 |
42.5 |
42.4 |
42.2 |
38.5 |
40.2 |
39.7 |
41.4 |
41.2 |
40.7 |
39.9 |
| BAC
= 0.00 |
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| Number |
20,659 |
22,012 |
21,349 |
20,960 |
22,242 |
23,409 |
24,085 |
24,316 |
25,302 |
24,828 |
25,145 |
24,565 |
24,796 |
25,481 |
25,630 |
| Percent
of total |
47.1 |
49.4 |
51.4 |
53.4 |
55.4 |
57.5 |
57.6 |
57.8 |
61.5 |
59.8 |
60.3 |
58.6 |
58.8 |
59.3 |
60.1 |
| BAC
= 0.01 - 0.07 |
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| Number |
3,081 |
2,980 |
2,560 |
2,443 |
2,361 |
2,322 |
2,490 |
2,486 |
2,290 |
2,465 |
2,321 |
2,511 |
2,542 |
2,432 |
2,383 |
| Percent
of total |
7.0 |
6.7 |
6.2 |
6.2 |
5.9 |
5.7 |
6.0 |
5.9 |
8.3 |
5.9 |
5.6 |
6.0 |
6.0 |
5.7 |
5.6 |
| BAC
= 0.08+ |
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| Number |
20,086 |
19,607 |
17,599 |
15,847 |
15,547 |
14,985 |
15,242 |
15,263 |
14,421 |
14,207 |
14,250 |
14,870 |
14,858 |
15,093 |
14,630 |
| Percent
of total |
45.8 |
44.0 |
42.4 |
40.4 |
38.7 |
36.8 |
36.4 |
36.3 |
30.3 |
34.2 |
34.2 |
35.5 |
35.2 |
35.1 |
34.3 |
KEY: BAC = blood alcohol
concentration.
aThe National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA) typically revises its most recent annual
estimates the following year. The data
here remain unrevised from the date of publication, but may be revised in the
future.
NOTES
BAC
values have been assigned by U.S. Department of Transportation, National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) when alcohol test results are
unknown. Alcohol-related crashes
pertain to the BAC of the driver and nonoccupants struck by motor
vehicles. For some years, numbers may
not add to totals due to rounding.
In 2001, NHTSA adopted a new method to estimate missing
blood alcohol concentration (BAC) test result data. This new method, multiple imputation, is
being used by NHTSA's National Center for Statistics and Analysis (NCSA) to
improve the scope of alcohol involvement statistics by the Fatality Analysis
Reporting System (FARS). As a result
of the methodology change, BAC 0.08 breakouts, which coincide with many state
laws, can now be determined. Thus,
NHTSA's general reporting categories have been modified to reflect this and
are now BAC 0.00, BAC 0.01-0.07, and BAC 0.08+.
SOURCES
1985-2002: U.S. Department of Transportation, National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration, National Center for Statistics and
Analysis, Traffic Safety Facts 2002, DOT HS 809 620 (Washington, DC: 2004), table 13.
2003: Ibid., Traffic Safety Fact Sheet
2003: Alcohol, DOT 809 761 (Washington, DC: 2004),
Internet site http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot/departments/nrd-30/ncsa/Availlnf.html as of Sept. 21, 2004 and personal communication Nov. 17, 2004.
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