1975

     36

       978

         0

     823

     412

  13,301

  1,164

1976

     20

       796

         0

     788

     436

  13,851

  1,189

1977

     35

       682

         0

     970

     474

  14,460

  1,472

1978

     25

       679

         0

     900

     509

  15,541

  1,588

1979

     49

       594

         0

     885

     575

  15,726

  1,676

1980

     49

       575

         0

     871

     595

  15,730

  1,744

1981

     69

       548

         0

     843

     633

  15,222

  1,667

1982

     75

       678

         0

     816

     578

  13,250

  1,528

1983

   105

       809

         0

     735

     609

  12,913

  1,450

1984

   126

    1,197

         0

     813

     709

  13,227

     759

1985

   153

    2,435

         0

     788

     701

  12,508

     764

1986

   166

    4,094

         0

     807

     840

  12,728

     751

1987

   213

    5,141

         2

     667

  1,071

  12,678

     697

1988

   248

    5,959

         5

     622

  1,148

  12,674

     643

1989

   238

    6,333

         8

     561

  1,093

  12,256

     553

1990

   222

    6,592

       37

     655

  1,033

  11,761

     541

1991

   253

    6,838

       71

     595

     941

  10,812

     467

1992

   292

    7,020

     108

     641

     795

  10,195

     323

1993

   313

    7,773

     190

     671

     816

  10,212

     336

1994

   420

    9,219

     309

     625

     848

    9,507

     339

1995

   408

    9,882

     536

     624

     851

    9,781

     326

1996

   480

  10,710

     783

     617

     846

    9,459

     324

1997

   444

  11,259

     973

     862

     846

    9,096

     443

1998

   438

  11,680

  1,208

     660

     861

    8,690

     370

1999

   447

  11,941

  1,491

     745

     901

    8,809

     396

2000

   479

  12,882

  1,716

     872

     922

    8,245

     478

2001

   388

  13,295

  1,978

     947

     927

    8,016

     558

2002

   383

  14,264

  2,324

     992

     922

    6,837

     576

2003

   446

  14,903

  2,488

  1,158

     906

    6,081

     640

Total

5,984

179,756

14,227

22,554

22,798

333,566

23,763

*Estimated reductions in deaths that resulted from the presence of laws establishing a minimum legal age of 21 years for the consumption of alcoholic beverages.

The table above presents estimates of the lives saved in 2003 and previous years by various protective devices or laws. The estimates were obtained by combining information from fatal traffic crashes with estimates of the effectiveness of each device or law in saving lives. For safety belts and motorcycle helmets, the table also estimates the numbers of additional lives that could have been saved if the devices had been used by more people.