Demographics of Alcohol Related Accidents

Overall, young drivers, and especially, young White males account for a large share of the alcohol-crash problem. (NHTSA, 2001)

Almost one-third (33 percent) of all pedestrians 16 years of age or older killed in traffic crashes in 2000 were intoxicated. (NHTSA, 2000)

Research continues to show that young drivers are more often involved in alcohol-related crashes than any other comparable age group. Alcohol-crash involvement rates, share of the alcohol-crash problem and alcohol-crash risk all reach their peaks with young drivers, with the peaks for fatal crashes occurring at age 21. (NHTSA, 2001)

The highest prevalence of both binge and heavy drinking in 2000 was for young adults aged 18 to 25, with the peak rate occurring at age 21. (SAMHSA, 2000)

The highest intoxication rates in fatal crashes in 2000 were recorded for drivers 21-24 years old (27 percent) followed by ages 25-34 (24 percent) and 35-44 (22 percent). (NHTSA, 2000)

Older drivers involved in fatal crashes in 2000 had the lowest intoxication rate (4 percent) of all adult drivers. (NHTSA, 2000)

One in ten Americans aged 12 and older in 2000 (22.3 million persons) drove under the influence of alcohol at least once in the 12 months prior to an interview for a nationwide survey. (SAMHSA, 2000)

Thirty percent of 15-20 year old drivers killed in motor vehicle crashes during 2000 had been drinking. Twenty-one percent were intoxicated. (NHTSA, 2000)

For ages 13-19, 53 percent of the deaths were drivers, 47 percent were passengers. Based only on the driving age population 16-19, 60 percent were drivers, 40 percent were passengers. At ages 13-15, more young people were killed as passengers than as drivers. (IIHS, December 2001)

The intoxication rate for 16 to 20 year old drivers involved in fatal crashes in 2000 was 15 percent. (NHTSA, 2000)

Based on the latest mortality data available (1998), motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for people from 15 to 20 years old. (NHTSA, 2000)

Twenty-six percent of young male drivers involved in fatal crashes in 2000 had been drinking at the time of the crash, compared with 13 percent of the young female drivers involved in fatal crashes. (NHTSA, 2000)

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