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It is a well-established fact that drunk driving plays a major role in fatal crashes. Research has demonstrated that alcohol in a driver’s bloodstream greatly impairs the driver’s ability to operate a vehicle safely. In 2000, 41,821 persons were killed as a result of traffic crashes. Of those fatalities, 31 percent (12,892) occurred in crashes in which a driver or nonoccupant was intoxicated. An additional 9 percent (3,761) involved a driver or nonoccupant who had been drinking but whose BAC was below 0.10. Overall, 40 percent (16,653) of all traffic fatalities involved a driver or nonoccupant with a BAC of 0.01 or above.

Tables 1 and 2 below, show age distributions for occupant (driver or passenger) and nonoccupant fatalities, respectively. The pattern of occupant fatalities by age group (Table 1) is similar to that for nonoccupant fatalities (Table 2) in crashes involving at least one intoxicated participant.

Table 1. Occupant Fatalities by Person Age and Crash BAC, 2000

Person Age (Years)	Percent of Fatalities with Crash BAC			Total Fatalities
Person Age (Years)	0.00	0.01-0.09	0.10+	Total Fatalities
0-15	79	7	14	2,072
16-20	63	11	26	5,602
21-24	45	13	42	3,761
25-29	47	10	43	3,318
30-34	47	9	44	2,811
35-39	47	10	43	2,985
40-44	51	9	39	2,747
45-49	58	7	35	2,361
50-54	65	9	27	1,968
55-64	72	7	20	2,755
65+	86	5	9	5,571
Total	61	9	30	36,249

Table 2. Nonoccupant Fatalities by Person Age and Crash BAC, 2000

Person Age
(Years)

Percent of Fatalities
with Crash BAC

Total Fatalities

0.00

0.01-0.09

0.10+

0-15

81

6

13

731

16-20

47

10

43

315

21-24

37

8

55

255

25-29

37

9

54

326

30-34

31

9

60

358

35-39

38

11

51

472

40-44

37

10

53

534

45-49

42

10

48

479

50-54

48

10

42

369

55-64

56

9

35

530

65+

78

7

14

1,066

Total

54

9

37

5,511

Overall, the proportion of nonoccupants who died in crashes involving at least one intoxicated participant (37 percent) was greater than that for occupants (30 percent). In addition, the proportion of nonoccupant fatalities in BAC 0.10+ crashes was higher than the proportion for occupant fatalities in all the age groups over 15 years old.

In 2000, 37,409 traffic crashes resulted in the death of one or more persons. In 31 percent of those crashes, at least one driver or nonoccupant (pedestrian or pedalcyclist) had a BAC at or above the level of intoxication (0.10+), as shown in Table 3.

Table 3. Fatal Crash BAC Distribution, 2000

Percent of Crashes with Crash BAC

Total Crashes

0.00

0.01-0.09

0.10+

60

9

31

37,409

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