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Reduce the proportion of motor vehicle crash deaths that involve a drunk driver — SU‑11

National Status: Getting worse

  
Getting worse
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Most Recent Data:
30.3 percent (2024)

National Target:
28.0 percent 1

Desired Direction:
Decrease desired

National Baseline:
29.0 percent of motor vehicle crash deaths involved a driver with a BAC of 0.08 g/dL or higher in 2017 2

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Reduce the proportion of motor vehicle crash deaths involving an alcohol-impaired driver with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.08 grams/deciliter (g/dL) or higher

Target-Setting Method
Minimal statistical significance

Data Source:  Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), DOT/NHTSA

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Summary

Driving while drunk is a main cause of traffic-related deaths in the United States. Effective interventions to reduce motor vehicle crash deaths that involve alcohol include sobriety checkpoints, mass media campaigns, and laws that revoke or suspend the licenses of people convicted of drunk driving.

Topics:  Drug and Alcohol Use, Transportation

Workgroup: Substance Use Workgroup

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1. Target has been revised. See Data Methodology and Measurement for more information.

2. Baseline has been revised. See Data Methodology and Measurement for more information.