| Persons Killed In Total And Alcohol-Impaired Crashes By Person Type, 2016 |
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Alcohol-impaired driving fatalities (1) |
| Person type |
Total killed |
Number |
Percent oftotal killed |
| Vehicle occupants |
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| Driver |
18,610 |
6,067 |
33% |
| Passenger |
6,407 |
1,880 |
29 |
| Unknown occupant |
79 |
2 |
2 |
| Total |
25,096 |
7,949 |
32% |
| Motorcyclists |
5,286 |
1,600 |
30% |
| Nonoccupants |
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| Pedestrian |
5,987 |
807 |
13 |
| Pedalcyclist |
840 |
91 |
11 |
| Other/unknown |
252 |
50 |
20 |
| Total |
7,079 |
948 |
13% |
| Total |
37,461 |
10,497 |
28% |
(1) Alcohol-impaired driving crashes are crashes that involve at least one driver or a motorcycle operator with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.08 grams per deciliter or greater, the legal definition of alcohol-impaired driving.
Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. |
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