Alcohol-related traffic crashes in the United States
- Alcohol-related traffic crashes in the United States
Alcohol-related traffic crashes are defined by the United States National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to include any and all vehicular (including bicycle and motorcycle) accidents in which any alcohol has been consumed, or believed to have been consumed, by the driver, a passenger or a pedestrian associated with the accident. Thus, if a person who has consumed alcohol and has stopped for a red light is rear-ended by a completely sober but inattentive driver, the accident is listed as alcohol-related, although alcohol had nothing to do with causing the accident.Fact|date=August 2008 Alcohol-related accidents are often mistakenly confused with alcohol-caused accidents.Fact|date=August 2008
Nationally, 12.8% of all drivers involved in fatal accidents during 2001 are known to have been intoxicated according to the blood alcohol concentration (BAC laws) of their state. This number is based on a systematic examination of the official records of each and every accident involving a fatality during that year in the US.
The higher number (about 40%) commonly reported in the press refers to accidents defined as alcohol-related as estimated (not measured) by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Traffic accidents involving alcohol have declined dramatically over the past 25 years in the United States.Fact|date=August 2008
Each year, The Century Council, a national non-profit organization funded by a group of alcohol manufacturers, compiles a document of alcohol-related traffic fatalities. Between 1991 and 2006, the rate of alcohol-related traffic fatalities (ARTF) per 100,000 population has decreased 26% nationally, and 28% among youth under 21. [ [http://centurycouncil.org/learn-the-facts/research#888 The Century Council's Research] ]
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* [http://centurycouncil.org/learn-the-facts/research#888 The Century Council's Research]
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