Samenvatting
Although pedestrians are involved in only 2 percent of all traffic crashes, they are 16 percent of all traffic fatalities in the United States. Data indicate that 40% of adult pedestrians (over age 14) are intoxicated at the time of their death. Three out of five of the fatally injured pedestrians who are intoxicated are at very high blood alcohol levels (BACs ? 20%). Intoxicated pedestrians are more likely to be male, aged 25 to 64 and involved in a fatal accident between 12 midnight and 6 AM, on a rural roadway, away from an intersection, with the striking vehicle being a passenger car, light truck or a hit and run vehicle.