"Trends First Draft"

Kendra Braga

Dr. Howard Tinberg

English 11

April 26, 2010

“Drunk Driving Fatalities from 2000-2009”

First Draft

According to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the trend of drunk driving fatalities has decreased over the past 10 years.

2000- Out of all car crashes, 8% were alcohol related.

Out of all fatal car crashes, 40% involved alcohol.

Approximately 310,000 people were injured in alcohol related car crashes.

Of 12,892 people killed in such crashes, 69% were the drivers. The rest were

not intoxicated.

2001- Out of all car crashes, 7% involved alcohol.

Of all fatal car crashes, 41% involved alcohol. 6% of these crashes involved a

pedestrian.

Approximately 275,000 people were injured in alcohol related car crashes.

About 17,448 people were fatally injured in car crashes that involved drunk

driving.

2002- 41% of fatal crashes involved alcohol.

Out of 17,419 people killed in alcohol related accidents, 12,394 were drivers;

making 82% of these deaths the drivers. 4% were under the influence, and the

remaining 14% were sober.

2003- 40% of crashes involved alcohol.

17,013 people were killed in alcohol related crashes.

Of the 17,013 people killed in these crashes, 14,630 of them were intoxicated.

2004- Out of 42,518 fatalities, 16,694 involved alcohol.

39% of all fatalities were alcohol related.

248,000 people were injured in alcohol related crashes.

2005- 39% of car wrecks involved alcohol.

16,885 fatalities were alcohol related.

Of the 16,885 who died, 14,539 were actually intoxicated.

21% of kids that were killed in motor vehicle accidents were in alcohol related

crashes.

2006- 37% of all motor vehicle accidents were alcohol related.

13,470 fatalities involved an intoxicated driver.

15,387 was the total number of alcohol related fatalities in 2006.

8,200 of the drunk drivers had a BAC of .15 or higher.

2007- Of 41,059 total fatalities, 15,387 of them involved alcohol.

That’s 37% of motor vehicle accidents.

2008- 37,261 people died in alcohol related motor vehicle accidents.

32% of all fatalities involved alcohol.

Four people under the age of 21 died every day due to alcohol related car

wrecks.

2009- 37,261 people died in alcohol related car wrecks.

This accounts for 32% of all traffic deaths.

Four people under 21 die each day due to DUI drivers.