Traffic Safety Facts 2024 Data: Alcohol-Impaired Driving

Details

• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Blood alcohol levels
  • Crash data
  • Drunk driving
  • Fatalities
  • Traffic crashes
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT HS 813 815
• Series:
  Traffic Safety Facts
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1sgz-6z65
• Resource Type:
  Brief
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Traffic Safety Facts- Research Note
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Abstract:
  This edition of Traffic Safety Facts briefly summarizes findings about alcohol-impaired driving in 2024. Key findings: Alcohol impairment among drivers in fatal traffic crashes was three times higher at night than during the day; there were 11,904 fatalities in traffic crashes, 30 percent of all traffic fatalities for the year; fatalities in alcohol-impaired-driving crashes decreased by 3.9 percent (12,382 to 11,904 fatalities) from 2023 to 2024; on average, one alcohol-impaired-driving fatality occurred every 44 minutes; the 21- to 24-year-old age group had the highest percentage (28%) of alcohol-impaired drivers involved in fatal crashes compared to other age groups; the percentages of alcohol-impaired drivers involved in fatal crashes was highest for motorcycle riders (25%) compared to drivers of passenger cars (25%), light trucks (19%), and large trucks (4%); of the 1,032 traffic fatalities among children 14 and younger, 21 percent (221) occurred in alcohol-impaired-driving crashes; among the 11,904 alcohol-impaired-driving fatalities, 68 percent (8,097) were in traffic crashes where at least one driver had a BAC of .15 g/dL or higher.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/91903/dot_91903_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.18 MB]
• Collection(s):
  NCSA Motor Vehicle Traffic Crash Data
• Main Document Checksum:
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