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According to the National Institutes of Health, at least 91 countries have adopted the .05% BAC limit for driving, with 54 other nations using a standard ranging from .06% to .12%.
The World Health Organization's (WHO) 2024 global status report on alcohol and substance use disorders garnered attention for noting that most countries have moved to a .05 or lower BAC legal limit.
Drunk driving is the act of operating a motor vehicle with the operator's ability to do so impaired as a result of alcohol consumption, or with a blood alcohol level in excess of the legal limit. [1] For drivers 21 years or older, driving with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.08% or higher is illegal.
The state will impose the country's strictest limit for alcohol consumption later this month — just in time for New Year's Eve. One state set to drop blood-alcohol limit to .05, strictest in country
A 24-year-old woman was admitted to the UCLA emergency room with a serum alcohol content of 1.51%, corresponding to a blood alcohol content of 1.33%. She was alert and oriented to person and place and survived. [48] Serum alcohol concentration is not equal to nor calculated in the same way as blood alcohol content. [49] Survived 1984 1.50
In 2016, the states with the fewest fatalities due to alcohol-impaired drivers were Utah and Mississippi, with 128 and 52 killed (19%). [6] Among drivers with BAC levels of 0.08% or higher involved in fatal crashes, 75% are aged between 21 and 44. [7] Of all motorcyclists killed in crashes, 25% had BACs of 0.08% or greater. [7]
The McLean County Sheriff's report indicated that his breath-alcohol level was 0.186 percent, which is more than twice Illinois legal BAC limit of 0.08. [5] Mitchell pleaded guilty to both charges and was sentenced to 24 months of court supervision.
Although men had the highest mortality rates overall, women saw the "largest proportional rise," according to the study findings, with deaths going from 4.8 per 100,000 in 1999 to 12 in 2020.