In 2006, there were 43,470 fatalities in crashes involving an alcohol-impaired driver (BAC of .08 or higher) - 47 percent of total traffic fatalities for the year.
In 2006, about 28% of all traffic-related fatalities in the US were due to alcohol-impaired driving. This translates to approximately 13,500 people who died in drunk driving accidents that year.
Approximately 16,653 people died in the year 2000 from drunk driving.
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About 20,000 people, to date (estimated).
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These are the statistics from the Mothers Against Drunk Driving website:Nationwide in 2006, 17,602 people died in alcohol-related traffic crashes.Each year another 275,000 people are injured in these crashes.Alcohol-related crashes kill almost 50 people a day -- one death every 31 minutes.