Table 4.
Drivers in Fatal Traffic Crashes and Driver’s Record of Drinking and Driving Conviction Within the Last 3 Years, by BAC, in 2002
| No Prior D&D* Conviction | Prior D&D Conviction | Percent of Drivers in Fatal Crashes Who Had Prior D&D Conviction | |
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| Number of Drivers in Fatal Crashes/% of Total Drivers in Fatal Crashes | |||
| Driver’s BAC | |||
| 0.00% | 40,963 (76) | 621 (34) | 1 |
| 0.01–0.07% | 2,118 (4) | 107 (6) | 5 |
| 0.08–0.14% | 3,789 (7) | 289 (16) | 7 |
| 0.15%+ | 6,905 (13) | 831 (45) | 10 |
| Total drivers in fatal crashes with BAC of 0.01%+ | 12,811 (24) | 1,227 (66) | 8 |
| Total drivers in fatal crashes | 53,774 (100) | 1,848 (100) | 3 |
*
D&D = drinking and driving.
NOTE: Only a small fraction of drivers in fatal crashes had drinking and driving convictions in the previous 3 years (3.2 percent). But of the drivers in alcohol-related fatal crashes who had BACs pf 0.01 percent and higher, 8.4 percent had prior drinking and driving convictions. Further, the higher the BAC of drivers in fatal crashes, the greater their likelihood of a prior conviction.
SOURCE: NHTSA 2003a.