Traffic Fatalities and Highest Blood Alcohol Concentration in the Crash, 2002

"More than one-third of all pedestrians 16 years of age or older killed in traffic crashes in 2002 were intoxicated."

"There were 17,419 alcohol-related fatalities in 2002 — 41 percent of the total traffic fatalities for the year."

 

Total
Fatalities

No Alcohol
(BAC = 0.00 g/dl)

Low Alcohol
(BAC = 0.01-0.07 g/dl)

 

 

Number

%

Number

%

U.S. Total

42,815

25,396

59

2,401

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

High Alcohol
(BAC 0.08 g/dl)

Any Alcohol
(BAC 0.01 g/dl)

 

 

Number

%

Number

%

U.S. Total

42,815

15,019

35

17,419

41

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Public Information Fact Sheet on Motor Vehicle and Traffic Safety Published by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's National Center for Statistics and Analysis click here