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Accession Number
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PB2012-114681
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Title
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Alcohol-Impaired Driving, April 2012.
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Publication Date
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Apr 2012
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Media Count
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6p
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Personal Author
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N/A
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Abstract
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Drivers are considered to be alcohol-impaired when their blood alcohol concentration (BAC) is .08 grams per deciliter (g/dL) or higher. Thus, any fatal crash involving a driver with a BAC of .08 or higher is considered to ban alcohol-impaired driving crash, and fatalities occurring in those crashes are considered to be alcohol-impaired fatalities. The term 'driver' refers to the operator of any motor vehicle including a motorcycle. Estimates of alcohol-impaired driving are generated using BAC values reported to the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) and imputed BAC values when they are not reported. The term 'alcohol-impaired' does not indicate that a crash or a fatality was caused by alcohol impairment. In 2010, 10,228 people were killed in alcohol-impaired-driving-crashes. These alcohol-impaired driving fatalities accounted for 31 percent of the total motor vehicle traffic fatalities in the United States.
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Keywords
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Alcohol impaired driving
Alcohol safety
Children
Crashes
Drinking drivers
Fatalities
Impaired drivers
Motor vehicle accidents
Motor vehicles
Motorcycles
Traffic safety
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Source Agency
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Highway Traffic Safety
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NTIS Subject Category
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85D - Transportation Safety
85H - Road Transportation
92C - Social Concerns
91B - Transportation & Traffic Planning
43G - Transportation
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Corporate Author
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, DC. National Center for Statistics and Analysis.
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Document Type
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Technical report
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Title Note
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N/A
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NTIS Issue Number
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1225
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Contract Number
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N/A
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