In 2010, 32,885 people lost their lives on America’s roadways in motor vehicle crashes. This figure is 2.9 percent lower than the 33,883 people who died in crashes in 2009 (998 fewer fatalities in 2010). Alcohol-impaired-driving fatalities declined by 4.9 percent in 2010. (These are fatalities in crashes involving a driver or motorcycle rider [operator] with a blood alcohol concentration of .08 grams per deciliter or greater.) This percentage decrease was greater than the percentage decrease in overall motor vehicle crash fatalities from 2009 to 2010. The 10,228 alcohol-impaired-driving fatalities in 2010 accounted for 31 percent of overall fatalities, down slightly from the 32 percent in 2009 (10,759 alcohol-impaired-driving fatalities in 2009). (Author/publisher)
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