- Mothers Against Drunk Driving - Media Center

Alcohol-Related Traffic Deaths Highest In 10 Years

7/1/2007 12:00:00 AM

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Heidi Castle, 469-420-4545
Misty Moyse, 469-420-4558

“MADD is greatly disappointed that drunk driving fatalities are at a 10-year high. Each and every death and injury from this crime is preventable. MADD’s Campaign to Eliminate Drunk Driving supports enforcement as a deterrent to drunk drivers and makes it impossible for a vehicle to be driven by someone who is drunk. Support us today, support safer roads tomorrow,” said Glynn Birch, national president.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced record-breaking alcohol-related traffic fatality numbers— the highest in 10 years at nearly 18,000 and nearly 14,000 killed in drunk driving crashes every year. According to NHTSA’s final Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) data, alcohol-related traffic fatalities dropped slightly from the preliminary estimates in May of 17,941 for 2006 to a final figure of 17,602. Drunk driving fatalities, those involving a driver with a .08 BAC or higher, were 13,470 in 2006. Overall traffic fatalities are down two percent. In 2005, alcohol-related traffic fatalities were at 17,525 and 13,613 for drunk driving fatalities.

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