Although the rate has been declining for decades there are still far TOO MANY.
There were 11,773 drunk driving deaths in 2008.
There were too many of this preventable tragedy.
Drunk driving is one of the leading causes of car accidents. In 2008 there were 13,846 fatalities directly related to driving under the influence in the United States and account for 37% of vehical related deaths.
In 2006, 13,470 people died in alcohol-impaired driving crashes, accounting for nearly one-third (32%) of all traffic-related deaths in the United States. In 2007, an estimated 12,998 people were killed in alcohol-impaired driving crashes 8,932 deaths were caused in 2008 by drunk drivers in the United States alone. There are over 9,000 recordings of drunk driver related deaths outside of the United States. The state that had the most drunk driver related deaths in 2008 was Maryland with 2,100 deaths. If you go to Maryland, drive extremely carefully, especially on Friday or Saturday.
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According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) 37,261 people died in traffic crashes in 2008 in the United States (latest figures available), including an estimated 11,773 people who died in alcohol-impaired driving crashes. Drunk driving fatalities accounted for 32% of all traffic deaths last year, that is, on average someone is killed in an alcohol-impaired driving crash every 45 minutes in the U.S. (Source: NHTSA/FARS, 2009)
Statistically more people die throughout the winter months than throughout the summer months. My example for this is taken from the National Vital Statistics Report for the year 2008 concerning the statistics in the US ("Table B2. Provisional number and rate of marriages, deaths, and infant deaths, by month: United States, January 2007-December 2008") This is what the numbers are according to said table: January 2007: 222,000 deaths February 2007: 204,000 deaths March 2007: 216,000 deaths April 2007: 203,000 deaths May 2007: 199,000 deaths June 2007: 188,000 deaths July 2007: 194,000 deaths August 2007: 191,000 deaths September 2007: 187,000 deaths October 2007: 198,000 deaths November 2007: 199,000 deaths December 2007: 214,000 deaths January 2008: 224,000 deaths February 2008: 222,000 deaths March 2008: 231,000 deaths April 2008: 206,000 deaths May 2008: 201,000 deaths June 2008: 190,000 deaths July 2008: 191,000 deaths August 2008: 191,000 deaths September 2008: 186,000 deaths October 2008: 198,000 deaths November 2008: 200,000 deaths December 2008: 213,000 deaths As you were asking whether more people died in winter or summer, I just took the statistics for those months into consideration and calculated the average: Winter (Dec-Mar) statistical average: 218,250 deaths Summer (Jun-Sep) statistical average: 189,750 deaths
Comprehensive and comparable statistics for all countries in the world are not available.
Comprehensive and comparable statistics for all countries in the world are not available.
Comprehensive and comparable statistics for all countries in the world are not available.