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2014 Traffic Deaths due to crashes involving drivers at or above 0.08 BAC [1]. Alcohol-related traffic crashes are defined by the United States National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) as alcohol-related if either a driver or a non-motorist had a measurable or estimated BAC of 0.01 g/dl or above.
In countries such as the United Kingdom and Australia drunk driving and deaths caused by drunk driving are considerably lower than in the United States. Drunk driving deaths in the UK (population 61 million, 31 million cars) were 380 in 2010 (21% of all fatal crashes).
Names of the crash victims were not released. Contact Frank Witsil: 313-222-5022 or fwitsil@freepress.com. This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Fatal crash, suspected DUI into ...
The head-on collision was the deadliest incident involving drunk driving and the third-deadliest bus crash in U.S. history. Of the 67 people on the bus (counting the driver), there were 27 fatalities in the crash, the same number as the 1958 Prestonsburg bus disaster , and behind the 1976 Yuba City bus disaster (29) and 1963 Chualar bus crash (32).
Oct. 2—Drunk driving is the No. 1 filed and litigated case in Boone County, Boone County Prosecutor Kent Eastwood said recently. Statewide in 2020, there were 106 fatal drunk driving crashes ...
A 26-year-old woman pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a fatal April 2023 drunk-driving crash in South Carolina, USA, that killed a bride on her wedding day and injured the groom. Driving ...
A drunk driver who mowed down a mother and her son on Halloween in 2021 apologized for the heartless comments she made to her father after the deadly crash as she pleaded to be paroled, according ...
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] In the United States, alcohol is involved in 32% of all traffic fatalities. [3] [4]