| PERSONS KILLED IN TOTAL AND ALCOHOL-IMPAIRED CRASHES BY PERSON TYPE, 2012 |
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Alcohol-impaired driving fatalities (1) |
| Person type |
Total killed |
Number |
Percent of
total killed |
| Vehicle occupants |
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| Driver |
16,769 |
5,993 |
36% |
| Passenger |
6,061 |
1,917 |
32 |
| Unknown occupant |
82 |
6 |
7 |
| Total |
22,912 |
7,916 |
35% |
| Motorcyclists |
4,957 |
1,596 |
32% |
| Nonoccupants |
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| Pedestrian |
4,743 |
688 |
14 |
| Pedalcyclist |
726 |
89 |
12 |
| Other/unknown |
223 |
33 |
15 |
| Total |
5,692 |
810 |
14% |
| Total |
33,561 |
10,322 |
31% |
(1) Alcohol-impaired driving crashes are crashes that involve at least one driver or a motorcycle operator with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 percent or above, the legal definition of drunk driving.
Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. |
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