| Persons Killed In Total And Alcohol-Impaired Crashes By Person Type, 2014 |
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Alcohol-impaired driving fatalities (1) |
| Person type |
Total killed |
Number |
Percent of total killed |
| Vehicle occupants |
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| Driver |
16,454 |
5,792 |
35% |
| Passenger |
5,751 |
1,769 |
31 |
| Unknown occupant |
71 |
5 |
6 |
| Total |
22,276 |
7,565 |
34% |
| Motorcyclists |
4,586 |
1,577 |
34% |
| Nonoccupants |
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| Pedestrian |
4,884 |
696 |
14 |
| Pedalcyclist |
726 |
98 |
13 |
| Other/unknown |
203 |
30 |
15 |
| Total |
5,813 |
824 |
14% |
| Total |
32,675 |
9,967 |
31% |
(1) Alcohol-impaired driving crashes are crashes that involve at least one driver or a motorcycle operator with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 percent or above, the legal definition of drunk driving.
Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. |
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