I am doing a research paper and I really need to find a statistic that states about how many alcohol related accidents are actually tied to alcoholics..not just average drivers..even if someone could tell me a stat on the amount of alcoholics in the US it would be helpful.. thanx!
2007-12-08 07:56:42 · 3 answers · asked by notquiteabutterfly 4 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Safety
In 2006, an estimated 17,602 people died in alcohol-related traffic crashes—an average of one every 30 minutes. These deaths constitute 41 percent of the 42,642 total traffic fatalities. Of these, an estimated 13,470 involved a driver with an illegal BAC (.08 or greater).
Approximately 1.4 million drivers were arrested in 2004 for driving under the influence of alcohol or narcotics. This is an arrest rate of 1 for every 139 licensed drivers in the United States (2005 data not yet available).
About three in every ten Americans will be involved in an alcohol-related crash at some time in their lives.
2007-12-08 14:39:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
properly that's super if a kin member of mine is killed by ability of a inebriated motive force, the guy who did that's going to be ineffective besides so because it is fantastic! even though it is not ok is it? i might quite the guy wasn't driving around risking lives interior the 1st place. It won't deter people, everybody is risking their very own lives first by ability of drink driving, so why will the possibility of a loss of existence penalty then be a deterrent? The inebriated motive force assumes wrongly that he won't crash, so the plan is deeply fallacious. BTW alcohol is widely used to reason a extensive style of injuries, people in contact in injuries fail breath tests at a lots greater fee than different drivers examined. announcing that throughout a crash between a inebriated and a sober motive force there's a 50% risk that the sober motive force brought about that's a fallacy, that's lots extra possibly to be the inebriated motive force.
2016-10-01 04:26:45 · answer #2 · answered by doble 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try Googling for stats at
HTSA (Highway Traffic Safety Administration)
FHWA (Federal Highway Administration)
AAA (American Automobile Association)
2007-12-08 08:03:09 · answer #3 · answered by terrellfastball 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋