Table 2-25 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Fatalities by Highest Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) in Highway Crashes,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,1985,,1990,,1991,,1992,,1993,,1994,,1995,,1996,,1997,,1998R,,1999,, Total fatalities,"43,825",,"44,599",,"41,508",,"39,250",,"40,150",,"40,716",,"41,817",,"42,065",,"42,013",,"41,501",,"41,611",, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Fatalities in alcohol-related crashes,"22,716",,"22,084",,"19,887",,"17,858",,"17,473",,"16,580",,"17,247",,"17,218",,"16,189",,"16,020",,"15,786",, Percent,51.8,,49.5,,47.9,,45.5,,43.5,,40.7,,41.2,,40.9,,38.5,,38.6,,37.9,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, BAC = 0.00,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Number,"21,109",,"22,515",,"21,621",,"21,392",,"22,677",,"24,136",,"24,570",,"24,847",,"25,824",,"25,481",,"25,825",, Percent,48.2,,50.5,,52.1,,54.5,,56.5,,59.3,,58.8,,59.1,,61.5,,61.4,,62.1,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, BAC = 0.01-0.09,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Number,"4,604",,"4,434",,"3,957",,"3,625",,"3,496",,"3,480",,"3,746",,"3,774",,"3,480",,"3,526",,"3,466",, Percent,10.5,,9.9,,9.5,,9.2,,8.7,,8.5,,9.0,,9.0,,8.3,,8.5,,8.3,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, BAC = 0.10+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Number,"18,111",,"17,650",,"15,930",,"14,234",,"13,977",,"13,100",,"13,501",,"13,444",,"12,710",,"12,494",,"12,321", Percent,41.3,,39.6,,38.4,,36.3,,34.8,,32.2,,32.3,,32.0,,30.3,,30.1,,29.6, KEY: BAC = blood alcohol concentration; R = revised.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, "NOTES: BAC values have been assigned by U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 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.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, "SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, National Center for Statistics and Analysis, Traffic Safety Facts 1998,",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, " DOT HS 808 983 (Washington, DC: October 1999), table 13, and personal communication, Sept.11, 2000.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,