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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Accid Anal Prev. 2009 Feb 24;41(3):522–530. doi: 10.1016/j.aap.2009.02.004

Table 3.

Alcohol in Crashes by Age Group, Injury Level, and Hour

4 p.m. – 7 p.m. 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. 9 p.m. – midnight midnight – 3 a.m.

N % .08+ N % .08+ N % .08+ N % .08+

Crashes
Single-vehicle drivers Age 15–20 PDO/Nonfatal 16 6% 9 22% 10 40% 4 50%
Fatal 9799d 65 15% 57 30% 50 34% 96 56%
Fatal 0406d 75 9% 66 30% 64 25% 119 50%

Age 21–25 PDO/Nonfatal 18 0% 9 11% 20 30% 3 67%
Fatal 9799d 52 13% 49 43% 46 59% 127 74%
Fatal 0406d 57 14% 87 38% 73 58% 201 71%

Age 26–34 PDO/Nonfatal 29 3% 10 10% 20 15% 7 86%
Fatal 9799d 78 29% 71 51% 65 65% 134 68%
Fatal 0406d 100 33% 96 51% 76 72% 160 71%

Age 35–64 PDO/Nonfatal 46 7% 33 18% 26 42% 9 56%
Fatal 9799d 217 33% 170 54% 84 57% 172 60%
Fatal 0406d 280 29% 248 56% 151 53% 210 62%

Age 65+ PDO/Nonfatal 12 0% 6 0% 4 0% 1 0%
Fatal 9799d 82 13% 32 25% 5 20% 7 14%
Fatal 0406d 92 14% 32 22% 10 50% 13 23%

Multiple–vehicle drivers Age 15–20 PDO 48 4% 48 25% 64 27% 24 46%
Fatal 9799d 202 6% 199 18% 147 36% 245 50%
Fatal 0406d 378 7% 344 15% 273 33% 518 53%
Fatal 9799c 147 5% 141 17% 94 31% 151 49%
Fatal 0406c 265 6% 249 13% 179 29% 329 51%

Age 21–25 PDO 93 4% 44 20% 71 27% 23 48%
Fatal 9799d 144 29% 148 45% 152 56% 334 73%
Fatal 0406d 330 18% 368 40% 324 57% 776 77%
Fatal 9799c 104 26% 100 42% 100 56% 221 67%
Fatal 0406c 229 17% 243 37% 219 55% 483 75%

Age 26–34 PDO 221 12% 84 14% 110 25% 43 44%
Fatal 9799d 276 27% 248 47% 205 66% 404 76%
Fatal 0406d 469 26% 483 44% 289 62% 709 74%
Fatal 9799c 195 25% 168 45% 134 62% 263 76%
Fatal 0406c 319 22% 336 38% 177 54% 468 70%

Age 35–64 PDO 378 6% 186 20% 176 32% 39 28%
Fatal 9799d 768 30% 618 52% 361 47% 529 65%
Fatal 0406d 1517 28% 1269 49% 744 55% 1022 61%
Fatal 9799c 570 28% 421 49% 248 46% 365 63%
Fatal 0406c 1051 26% 844 44% 505 52% 656 57%

Age 65+ PDO 55 5% 20 5% 13 8% 0 0%
Fatal 9799d 281 10% 126 16% 33 15% 40 23%
Fatal 0406d 448 8% 202 14% 73 18% 66 20%
Fatal 9799c 203 10% 88 15% 19 16% 30 20%
Fatal 0406c 315 7% 140 14% 56 14% 47 19%

Fatald denotes prevalence estimated from actual BACs for all drivers (unit of analysis = drivers) in the 1997–1999 and 2004–2006 FARS. “N” for PDO (property damage only) and nonfatal injuries from Blomberg et al. (2005); “N” for fatal injuries from selected FARS records (selection criteria described in text).