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Blood Alcohol Concentration
Cost of a DUI
Economic Costs of Alcohol
Impaired Driving
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How to Spot an Impaired
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Economic Costs of Alcohol Impaired
Driving
The costs of alcohol impaired driving affect more
people than just the driver or even the victim. It affects the entire
nation's population in more and bigger ways than you might have
expected.
- Alcohol is a factor in 26% of the United States'
crash costs. Alcohol-related crashes in the United States cost
the public an estimated $114.3 billion in 2000, including $51.1
billion in monetary costs and an estimated $63.2 billion in quality
of life losses. Alcohol-related crashes are deadlier and more
serious than other crashes. People other than the drinking driver
paid $71.6 billion of the alcohol-related crash bill.
- Alcohol-involved crashes resulted in 16,792 fatalities,
513,000 nonfatal injuries, and $50.9 billion in economic costs
in 2000, accounting for 22 % of all crash costs.
- Costs for crashes involving a driver or non-occupant
with a blood alcohol content of .10 % or greater (the legal definition
in most states), accounted for 75 % of the total of all alcohol-involved
crash costs.
- The impact of alcohol involvement increases with
injury severity. Alcohol-involved crashes accounted for 10 % of
property damage only (PDO) crash costs, 21 % of nonfatal injury
crash costs; and 46 % of fatal injury crash costs.
- Crashes in which alcohol was the cause resulted
in 13,570 fatalities, over 360,000 nonfatal injuries, and nearly
$40 billion in economic costs. This is approximately 80 % of the
alcohol-related fatalities and 78 % of costs. It represents 32
% of all fatalities and 17 % of all costs from motor vehicle crashes.
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- Costs per Alcohol-Related
Injury
- The average alcohol-related fatality
in the United States costs $3.5 million:
- $1.1 million in monetary costs
- $2.4 million in quality of life losses
- The estimated cost per injured survivor of an alcohol-related
crash averaged $99,000
- $49,000 in monetary costs
- $50,000 in quality of life losses
- Crash costs per Mile Driven
in the United States averaged:
- $5.80 per mile driven at BACs of .10 and above
- $2.50 per mile driven at BACs between .08-.09
- $0.10 per mile driven at BACs of .00
- Costs per Drink
The societal costs of alcohol-related crashes
in the United States averaged $1.00 per drink consumed. People
other than the drinking driver paid $0.60 per drink.
- Impact on Auto Insurance
Rates
Alcohol-related crashes accounted for an estimated 18% of the
$103 billion in U.S. auto insurance payments. Reducing alcohol-related
crashes by 10% would save $1.8 billion in claims payments and
loss adjustment expenses.
- Estimated
2000 Economic Costs Per State Due to Motor Vehicle Crashes
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Resources:
1. National Highway and Traffic
Safety Administration. Economic Impact of Motor Vehicle Crashes
2000. Summary. Retrieved On January 28, 20003 from the World Wide
Web: http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/economic/econimpact2000/summary.htm
2. National Highway and Traffic
Safety Administration. Economic Impact of Motor Vehicle Crashes
2000. State Costs. Retrieved On January 28, 20003 from the World
Wide Web: http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/economic/econimpact2000/state_costs.htm
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