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Alcohol-Related Motor Vehicle Fatality Rates per 100,000 Licensed Drivers and
Illegal Blood Alcohol Content Levels: 2000
1Louisiana's 0.08 BAC law goes into effect on Sept.
30, 2003; Tennessee’s on July 1, 2003.
2 Massachusetts has not established a level at which a driver is
legally considered intoxicated (0.08 is evidence of alcohol impairment).
NOTES: A blood alcohol concentration (BAC) level of 0.10
means that alcohol makes up one-tenth of 1 percent of a person's blood. These
data reflect the methodological change in estimating missing blood alcohol concentration
test results, adopted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
in 2002.
SOURCES:
Fatality rates—U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Traffic Safety Facts 2000 (Washington, DC: 2001); and personal communication, Nov. 1, 2002.
_____. Highway Statistics 2000 (Washington, DC: 2001).
Illegal BACs—U.S. Department of Labor, Working Partners for an Alcohol- and
Drug-Free Workplace, Special Issue: Impaired Driving, available at http://www.dol.gov/dol/workingpartners.htm,
as of June 2002.
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety/Highway Loss Data Institute, DUI/DWI
Laws as of November 2002, available at www.hwysafety.org,
as of November 2002.
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