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1. Report No.
DOT HS 809 822 |
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Government Accession No. |
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Recipient’s Catalog No. |
4. Title and Subtitle
Alcohol Involvement in Fatal Motor Vehicle Traffic Crashes, 2003
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5. Report Date
August 2005 |
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Performing Organization Code
NPO-121 |
7. Author(s)
Rajesh Subramanian |
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Performing Organization Report No. |
9. Performing Organization Name and Address
Mathematical Analysis Division, Office of Traffic Records and Analysis National Center for Statistics and AnalysisNational Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationU.S. Department of Transportation
NPO-121, 400 Seventh Street, SW.
Washington, DC 20590 |
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Work Unit No. (TRAIS) in code
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Contract or Grant No.
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12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address
Mathematical Analysis Division, Office of Traffic Records and Analysis National Center for Statistics and AnalysisNational Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationU.S. Department of Transportation
NPO-121, 400 Seventh Street, SW.
Washington, DC 20590 |
13. Type of Report and Period Covered
NHTSA Technical Report |
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Sponsoring Agency Code |
15.
Supplementary Notes
The author is a researcher employed by Rainbow Technology, Inc., working with the Mathematical Analysis Division. |
16. Abstract
Alcohol-related fatalities are defined as fatalities that occur in crashes where at least one driver or nonoccupant (pedestrian or pedalcyclist) involved in the crash has a positive blood alcohol concentration (BAC) value.
This report presents estimates of alcohol involvement in fatal traffic crashes that occurred during 2003. The data are abstracted from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) and represent a combination of actual blood alcohol concentration test results and estimated BAC distributions when the BAC test results are not available. Estimates of alcohol involvement have been presented along various categories of interest like driver age, gender and crash characteristics like rural/urban, single-vehicle/multiple-vehicle crash comparisons. Descriptive measures like the mean and median BAC values are provided. Also, continuous BAC distributions are provided for each of the categories. |
17. Key Words
Alcohol, Fatal Crashes, BAC |
18. Distribution Statement
Document
is available to the public through the National
Technical Information Service,
Springfield, Virginia 22161 |
19. Security Classif. (Of this report)
Unclassified |
20. Security Classif. (Of this page)
Unclassified |
21. No. of Pages
36 |
22.
Price |
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