2006 Traffic Safety Annual Assessment – Alcohol-Related Fatalities

The 2006 Annual Assessment of Motor Vehicle Traffic Crash Fatalities and Injuries shows that 17,602 people were killed in the United States in alcohol-related motor vehicle traffic crashes – essentially unchanged from the 17,590 alcohol-related fatalities in 2005. Also, fatalities in crashes where the highest blood alcohol concentration (BAC) among any of the involved drivers, pedestrians or pedalcyclists was .08 g/dL or above increased marginally to 15,121 fatalities in 2006. Further statistics and trends in alcohol-related fatalities in 2006 are reported in this fact sheet.

• Record URL:
  http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/810821.PDF
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• Publication Date: 2007-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 6p
• Serial:
  • Traffic Safety Facts - Research Note
  • Issue Number: HS-810 821
  • Publisher: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bicycle crashes; Blood alcohol levels; Crashes; Drunk driving; Intoxication; Pedestrian vehicle crashes; Trend (Statistics)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I81: Accident Statistics; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01059072
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-810 821
• Files: HSL, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Sep 7 2007 4:11PM