Quarterly Table Reporting Alcohol Involvement
in Fatal Motor-Vehicle Crashes
The following table reports alcohol involvement in fatal
motor-vehicle crashes in the United States for October-December
1990. This table, published quarterly in MMWR, focuses attention on
the impact of alcohol use on highway safety.
A fatal crash is considered alcohol-related by the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) if either a driver or
nonoccupant (e.g., pedestrian) had a blood alcohol concentration
(BAC) of greater than or equal to 0.01 g/dL in a police-reported
traffic crash. Those with a BAC greater than or equal to 0.10 g/dL
(the legal level of intoxication in most states) are considered
intoxicated. Because BAC levels are not available for all persons
in fatal crashes, NHTSA estimates the number of alcohol-related
traffic fatalities based on a discriminant analysis of information
from all cases for which driver or nonoccupant BAC data are
available. There may be seasonal trends associated with these data.
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