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- Distracted Driving
Sending or reading a text takes your eyes off the road for 5...
- Alcohol Measurement Devices
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- Guidance Documents
Drugged Driving Expert Panel Report: A Consensus Protocol...
- Distracted Driving
Driving under the influence of alcohol, or drink-driving, is a key risk factor for 27% of all road injuries. Thus, drink-driving is a significant public health problem that affects not only the alcohol user but also, in many cases, innocent parties such as passengers and pedestrians.
12 maj 2022 · This manual provides guidance for decision-makers and practitioners to reduce the prevalence of drink driving and associated road trauma. It draws on experience from countries that have succeeded in achieving and sustaining reductions in alcohol-related road trauma, and includes recommendations for developing and implementing drink driving ...
13 maj 2022 · In its latest reports, the WHO estimates that between 5% and 35% of global road deaths are alcohol related (1, 2). In most high-income countries about 20% of fatally injured drivers have blood alcohol concentration (BAC) levels above the legal limit (1).
16 maj 2024 · Overview. Alcohol. In 2020, 11,654 people were killed in motor vehicle crashes involving alcohol-impaired drivers, accounting for 30% of all traffic-related deaths in the United States. 1 This was a 14.3% increase compared to the number of crash deaths involving alcohol-impaired drivers in 2019. 1.
Overview. In 2021 there were 13,384 people killed in crashes involving alcohol-impaired drivers (defined as drivers or motorcycle riders with BACs of .08 g/dL or higher). This was an increase of 14.2% from the 11,718 fatalities in 2020 (National Center for Statistics and Analysis, 2023a).
In 2016, more than 1 million drivers were arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol or narcotics. 3 That’s one percent of the 111 million self-reported episodes of alcohol-impaired driving among U.S. adults each year (figure below).