| PERSONS KILLED IN TOTAL AND ALCOHOL-IMPAIRED CRASHES BY PERSON TYPE, 2013 |
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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 |
16,472 |
5,920 |
36% |
| Passenger |
5,844 |
1,822 |
31 |
| Unknown occupant |
67 |
2 |
3 |
| Total |
22,383 |
7,744 |
35% |
| Motorcyclists |
4,668 |
1,496 |
32% |
| Nonoccupants |
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| Pedestrian |
4,735 |
721 |
15 |
| Pedalcyclist |
743 |
92 |
12 |
| Other/unknown |
190 |
23 |
12 |
| Total |
5,668 |
837 |
15% |
| Total |
32,719 |
10,076 |
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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