Drunk Driving Charts

Persons Killed, by Highest Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) in the Crash, 1994-2007
Year	BAC=.00		BAC=.01-.07		BAC=.08+		BAC=.01+		Total Number
Year	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Total Number
1994	24,948	61	2,236	5	13,390	33	15,626	38	40,716
1995	25,768	62	2,416	6	13,478	32	15,893	38	41,817
1996	26,052	62	2,415	6	13,451	32	15,866	38	42,065
1997	26,902	64	2,216	5	12,757	30	14,973	36	42,013
1998	26,477	64	2,353	6	12,546	30	14,899	36	41,501
1999	26,798	64	2,235	5	12,555	30	14,790	36	41,717
2000	26,082	62	2,422	6	13,324	32	15,746	38	41,945
2001	26,334	62	2,441	6	13,290	31	15,731	37	42,196
2002	27,080	63	2,321	5	13,472	31	15,793	37	43,005
2003	27,328	64	2,327	5	13,096	31	15,423	36	42,884
2004	27,413	64	2,212	5	13,099	31	15,311	36	42,836
2005	27,423	63	2,404	6	13,582	31	15,985	37	43,510
2006	26,633	62	2,479	6	13,491	32	15,970	37	42,708
2007	25,555	62	2,388	6	12,998	32	15,378	37	41,059

Note: NHTSA estimates alcohol involvement when alcohol test results are known.

Fatalities, by Role, in Crashes Involving at Least One Driver with a BAC of .08 or Higher, 2007
Role	Number	Percent of Total
Driver with BAC=.08+	8,644	66.5%
Passenger Riding with Driver with BAC=.08+	2,148	16.5%
Occupants of Other Vehicles	1,433	11.0%
Nonoccupants	773	5.9%
Total Fatalities	12,998	100.0%

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