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In 2022 there were 13k US car crash deaths w at least 1 driver alcohol-impaired (dot.gov)
4 points by bookofjoe on Aug 8, 2024 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


> In 2022 there were 13,524 fatalities in motor vehicle traffic crashes in which at least one driver was alcohol-impaired. This represented 32 percent of all traffic fatalities in the United States for the year.

What percentage of all drivers on the road are "alcohol impaired"? Without this value, technically speaking the statistic doesn't mean much.

Obviously alcohol is detrimental to automobile piloting, but without an estimate for % of drivers who are intoxicated who don't get into accidents, what does the study really mean?




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