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December 02, 1994 / 43(47);878-879
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                                                                                      Alcohol Involvement in Fatal Motor-Vehicle Crashes -- United States, 1992-1993                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                      The following figure Figure_1 compares alcohol involvement in fatal motor-vehicle crashes for 1992 and 1993 in the United States. 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. 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 (1) of information from all crashes for which driver or nonoccupant BAC data are available.  
                                                                                      The number of alcohol-involved fatalities decreased from 1992 to 1993 for most age groups. For BACs of 0.01 g/dL-0.09 g/dL, the overall decrease in alcohol-involved fatalities was 4%; at greater than or equal to 0.10 g/dL, the legal limit of intoxication in most states, the number of crash fatalities decreased 2%. The increase in fatalities for the nonalcohol-involved crashes probably resulted from a variety of factors, including an increase in the number and changes in the type of vehicle miles traveled (2).                                                                                                                                                 
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                                                                                       1. Klein TM. A method of estimating posterior BAC distributions for persons involved in fatal traffic accidents: final report. Washington, DC: US Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 1986; report no. DOT-HS-807-094.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                       2. Wagenaar AC, Streff FM. Macroeconomic conditions and alcohol-impaired driving. J Stud Alcohol 1989;50:217-25.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
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