Quarterly Table Reporting Alcohol Involvement in Fatal
Motor-Vehicle Crashes
The following table reports alcohol involvement in fatal
motor-vehicle crashes in the United States for October-December
1992. This table, published quarterly in MMWR, focuses attention on
the impact of alcohol use on highway safety.
A fatal crash is considered alcohol-related by the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) if either a driver or
nonoccupant (e.g., pedestrian) had a blood alcohol concentration
(BAC) of greater than or equal to 0.01 g/dL in a police-reported
traffic crash. Those with a BAC greater than or equal to 0.10 g/dL
(the legal level of intoxication in most states) are considered
intoxicated. Because BACs are not available for all persons in
fatal crashes, NHTSA estimates the number of alcohol-related
traffic fatalities based on a discriminant analysis of information
from all cases for which driver or nonoccupant BAC data are
available. There may be seasonal trends associated with these data.
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Estimated number and percentage of total traffic fatalities * and drivers involved in
fatal crashes, by age and blood alcohol concentration (BAC) level -- United States,
October-December, 1992
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Fatalities, by BAC +
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BAC=0.00 g/dL BAC=0.01-0.09 g/dL BAC >=0.10 g/dL
Age group No. --------------- ------------------ ---------------
(yrs) fatalities & No. (%) No. (%) No. (%)
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0-14 579 438 (75.7) 44 ( 7.6) 97 (16.7)
15-20 1,512 902 (59.7) 192 (12.7) 418 (27.7)
21-24 1,119 451 (40.3) 136 (12.2) 532 (47.5)
25-34 1,958 781 (39.9) 175 ( 8.9) 1,002 (51.2)
35-64 3,299 1,733 (52.5) 248 ( 7.5) 1,318 (40.0)
>=65 1,861 1,537 (82.6) 106 ( 5.7) 218 (11.7)
Total 10,328 5,842 (56.6) 901 ( 8.7) 3,584 (34.7)
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Drivers, @ by BAC **
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BAC=0.00 g/dL BAC=0.01-0.09 g/dL BAC >=0.10 g/dL
Age group --------------- ------------------ ---------------
(yrs) No. drivers & No. (%) No. (%) No. (%)
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0-14 ++ 34 28 (81.5) 4 (10.5) 3 ( 8.0)
15-20 1,907 1,452 (76.1) 162 ( 8.5) 293 (15.4)
21-24 1,710 1,043 (61.0) 163 ( 9.5) 504 (29.4)
25-34 3,396 2,206 (64.9) 230 ( 6.8) 960 (28.3)
35-64 5,161 3,993 (77.4) 242 ( 4.7) 926 (17.9)
>=65 1,489 1,371 (92.0) 34 ( 2.3) 84 ( 5.7)
Total 13,697 10,093 (73.7) 835 ( 6.1) 2,770 (20.2)
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* Fatalities include all occupants and nonoccupants who died within 30 days of a
motor-vehicle crash on a public roadway.
+ BAC distributions are estimates for drivers and nonoccupants involved in fatal crashes.
Numbers of fatalities are rounded to the nearest whole number.
& Includes only those for whom age is known.
@ Driver may or may not have been killed.
** BAC distributions are estimates for drivers involved in fatal crashes. Numbers of drivers
are rounded to the nearest whole number.
++ Although usually too young to drive legally, persons in this age group are included for
completeness of the data set.
Source: Fatal Accident Reporting System, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
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