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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 |
16,824 |
6,037 |
36% |
| Passenger |
6,414 |
1,984 |
31 |
| Unknown occupant |
65 |
1 |
2 |
| Total |
23,303 |
8,022 |
34 |
| Motorcyclists |
4,502 |
1,478 |
33 |
| Nonoccupants |
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|
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| Pedestrian |
4,280 |
623 |
15 |
| Pedalcyclist |
618 |
82 |
13 |
| Other/unknown |
182 |
24 |
13 |
| Total |
5,080 |
729 |
14 |
| Total |
32,885 |
10,228 |
31% |
(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 percent or above, the legal definition of drunk driving.
Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. |