Auto Accidents

In, 2002, An estimated 258,000 persons were injured in crashes where police reported that alcohol was present — an average of one person injured approximately every 2 minutes.

According to the National highway traffic safty administration, there were 17,419 alcohol-related fatalities in 2002 —41 percent of the total traffic fatalities for the year.” In 2002, 35 percent of all traffic fatalities occurred in crashes in which at least one driver or nonoccupant had a BAC of 0.08 g/dl or greater. Sixty-eight percent of the 15,019 people killed in such crashes were intoxicated.

Approximately 1.4 million drivers were arrested in 2001 for driving under the influence of alcohol or narcotics. This is an arrest rate of 1 for every 137 licensed drivers in the United States (2002 data not yet available). More info