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The latest data released by the NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) for 2009 shows that the total number of people killed in vehicle crashes is 33,808, 10,839 of those deaths were from alcohol related accidents. The NHTSA has not yet released the 2010 results for alcohol related accidents, but they have released preliminary figures for total accident deaths of 32,788, a decrease from 2009.
9,878 people were killed in alcohol-related accidents in 2011, accounting for 31 percent of the total motor vehicle traffic fatalities in the United States. This is a decrease of 2.5-percent from 2010's figures.
31%
over 1,000 people
In the U.S. there were 34,000 killed in 2010.
People do not die from alcohol, only from its abuse.
No one died from alcohol in 2010. However, an unknown number died from the effects of abusing alcohol themselves or by others.
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In total, they were 1,324 fatal car accidents in the state of Pennsylvania in the year of 2010. The total number of accidents was well over the 150,000 mark.
In 2010 close to 1/3 of all crashes were due to alcohol-impaired driving. 10,288 people were killed 211 were children and over half of them were riding with someone who was alcohol-impaired. Every day about 30 people die resulting in a death every 48 minutes due to alcohol-impaired driving. 18% of car crash deaths are due to other drugs, but most are being used along with alcohol.
It is too early for last years entire statstics to have been compiled.
It is estimated that 22 million Americans are currently addicted to alcohol, illegal drugs, and/or prescription drugs. There are about 305 million people in the U.S., so, about 7.2% of Americans have a drug or alcohol problem. See the Related Link for more details.