Rate of Alcohol-Related Crashes Declines - Brief Article

Public Roads, Nov, 1999

Alcohol-related traffic fatalities dropped slightly according to U.S. DOT data. Alcohol-related fatalities dropped from 16,189 in 1997 to 15,935 in 1998. Those 15,935 deaths accounted for 38.4 percent of the traffic fatalities in 1998. The total number of traffic deaths also declined 1.3 percent in 1998. Fatalities dropped from 42,013 in 1997 to 41,471 in 1998.