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This list of countries by traffic-related death rate shows the annual number of road fatalities per capita per year, per number of motor vehicles, and per vehicle-km in some countries in the year the data was collected. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), road traffic injuries caused an estimated 1.35 million deaths worldwide in ...
Drunk driving crash resulting in death : 3 years minimum, up to life imprisonment. [55] The penalties were increased after public resentment towards lenient sentencing. [56] Criticism of lenient sentencing has continued. [57] Taiwan: 0.03% (BrAC 0.15 mg/L). [58] The fines vary depending on the vehicle being driven at the time of offence.
Police officers in Connecticut, United States, conduct a field sobriety test on a suspected drunk driver. Drunk driving (or drink-driving in British English [1]) is the act of driving under the influence of alcohol. A small increase in the blood alcohol content increases the relative risk of a motor vehicle crash. [2]
According to a 2011 report by the World Health Organization, annual per capita consumption of alcohol in Russia was about 15.76 litres of pure alcohol, the fourth-highest volume in Europe. [30] It dropped to 13.5 litres by 2013 [5] and 11.7 litres in 2016, [31] dropping further to about 10.5 litres in 2019.
The table below for 189 countries uses 2019 data (three-year average of 2017, 2018, and 2019) from the WHO report published in 2024. [6] The recorded consumption values were based on data from government sources, statistics from economic operators, and FAOSTAT data and estimates the amount of alcohol consumption (in litres of pure alcohol) by ...
It also had 8.82 drunken driving deaths per 100,000 residents and 11.55 drunken drivers involved in fatal crashes per 100,000 licensed drivers, two categories where it scored significantly higher ...
Drunk driving deaths in the UK (population 61 million, 31 million cars) were 380 in 2010 (21% of all fatal crashes). [ 84 ] [ 85 ] [ 86 ] In California (population 36 million, 32 million cars) there were 950 deaths from traffic crashes involving drivers with a Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) of 0.08 or greater) in 2009 (31% of all fatal collisions).
An Estonian billboard warning against drunk driving. Most countries have Driving under the influence laws, specifically for the offense of drunk driving. Driving under the influence (DUI) or driving while intoxicated (DWI), is the crime of driving a motor vehicle while impaired by alcohol or other drugs (including those prescribed by physicians ...