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Facts & Resources
In 2004, 16,694 people were killed nationally in alcohol-related traffic crashes, accounting for 39 percent of all traffic
crashes. The 16,694 fatalities in alcohol-related crashes during 2004 represent an average of one alcohol-related fatality
every 31 minutes. Of the 16,694 people who died in 2004 in alcohol-related crashes, 14,409 (86%) were killed in crashes where
at least one driver or non-occupant had a BAC of .08 or higher.
Of those, 12,874 were killed in crashes where the
driver had a .08 percent blood alcohol concentration (BAC) or higher. In Wisconsin, 358 people were killed in alcohol-related
crashes (318 drunk driving deaths - .08 BAC or higher), representing 45 percent of all traffic fatalities.
Alcohol
is the No. 1 drug of choice among the nation’s youth and kills more teens than all other illicit drugs combined. More than
one third of all traffic deaths among 15-20 year olds involve alcohol.
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