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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 |
R41,945 |
42,116 |
| Fatalities in alcohol-related crashesR |
23,167 |
22,587 |
20,159 |
18,290 |
17,908 |
17,308 |
17,732 |
17,749 |
16,711 |
16,673 |
16,572 |
17,380 |
17,448 |
| Percent |
52.9 |
50.6 |
48.6 |
46.6 |
44.6 |
42.5 |
42.4 |
42.2 |
38.5 |
40.2 |
39.7 |
41.4 |
41.4 |
| BAC = 0.00 |
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| NumberR |
20,659 |
22,012 |
21,349 |
20,960 |
22,242 |
23,409 |
24,085 |
24,316 |
25,302 |
24,828 |
25,145 |
24,565 |
24,668 |
| Percent |
47.1 |
49.4 |
51.4 |
53.4 |
55.4 |
57.5 |
57.6 |
57.8 |
61.5 |
59.8 |
60.3 |
58.6 |
58.6 |
| BAC = 0.01 - 0.07 |
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| NumberR |
3,081 |
2,980 |
2,560 |
2,443 |
2,361 |
2,322 |
2,490 |
2,486 |
2,290 |
2,465 |
2,321 |
2,511 |
2,515 |
| Percent |
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 |
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| NumberR |
20,086 |
19,607 |
17,599 |
15,847 |
15,547 |
14,985 |
15,242 |
15,263 |
14,421 |
14,207 |
14,250 |
14,870 |
14,933 |
| Percent |
45.8 |
44.0 |
42.4 |
40.4 |
38.7 |
36.8 |
36.4 |
36.3 |
30.3 |
34.2 |
29.6 |
35.5 |
35.5 |
KEY: BAC = blood alcohol concentration; R = revised.
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
U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration,
National Center for Statistics and Analysis, Traffic Safety Facts 2000,
DOT HS 809 337 (Washington, DC: December 2001), table 13 and personal communication,
Sept. 10, 2002.
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