Abstract
Each year, millions of people choose to drive while under the influence of alcohol, sometimes with devastating results. In 2009, almost 11,000 people were killed in crashes involving impaired drivers, nearly one-third of all traffic deaths. Alcohol-impaired driving crashes claim the lives of the most vulnerable: in a single year, these crashes killed more than 180 children younger than 14.2 Half of the children killed in alcohol-impaired driving crashes were riding in the car with the impaired driver. These deaths are preventable. Research has identified proven policies that can keep alcohol-impaired drivers off the road and save thousands of lives each year. (Author/publisher)