| Persons Killed In Total And Alcohol-Impaired Crashes By Person Type, 2015 |
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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 |
17,466 |
5,909 |
34% |
| Passenger |
6,158 |
1,812 |
29 |
| Unknown occupant |
71 |
3 |
4 |
| Total |
23,695 |
7,724 |
33% |
| Motorcyclists |
4,976 |
1,609 |
32% |
| Nonoccupants |
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| Pedestrian |
5,376 |
796 |
15 |
| Pedalcyclist |
818 |
101 |
12 |
| Other/unknown |
227 |
36 |
16 |
| Total |
6,421 |
933 |
15% |
| Total |
35,092 |
10,265 |
29% |
(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 alcohol-impaired driving.
Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. |
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