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 1991. 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. Seasonal trends may be
associated with
these data.
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