Drinking and you - US Drink Drive statistics


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In 2024, 11,904 people died in alcohol-impaired driving traffic deaths.
In 2024, 29% of young drivers 15 to 20 years old who were killed in crashes had BACs of .01 g/dL or higher
In 2024, the highest percentage of drunk drivers (with BACs of .08 g/dL or higher) were the 21-to 24-year-old age group. Men are most likely to be involved in this type of crash, with four male drunk drivers for every female drunk driver.
The percentages of alcohol-impaired drivers involved in fatal crashes in 2020 was the highest for motorcycle riders (27%), compared to drivers of passenger
cars (23%), light trucks (19%), and large trucks (3%).
Of the 1,093 traffic fatalities in 2020 among children 14 and younger, 21 percent (229) occurred in alcohol-impaired-
driving crashes.
In 2020, among the 11,654 alcohol-impaired-driving fatalities, 67 percent (7,831) were in crashes in which at least one driver had a BAC of .15 g/dL or
higher.
The rate of alcohol impairment among drivers involved in fatal crashes in 2020 was 3.1 times higher at night than during the day.

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