Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
Download the Impaired Driving fact sheet (PDF) Download BAC .05% fact sheet (PDF) 0 KILLED IN AN ALCOHOL-IMPAIRED DRIVING CRASH 0 OF MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES INVOLVE AN ALCOHOL-IMPAIRED DRIVER Alcohol-Impaired Driving and Ignition Interlock Devices In 2020, 11,654 people were killed in motor vehicle crashes involving drivers with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of .08 or higher, an increase of…
read moreDownload the Distracted Driving fact sheet (PDF) 0 IN CRASHES INVOLVING A DISTRACTED DRIVER 0 IN CRASHES INVOLVING A DISTRACTED DRIVER Distracted Driving In 2020, 3,142 people were killed in crashes involving a distracted driver, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), accounting for eight percent of fatalities on U.S. roads. In 2019, the most recent year for…
read moreDownload the Child Passenger Safety fact sheet (PDF) Child Passenger Safety Motor vehicle crashes are among the leading causes of death for American children ages 1 to 14. In 2019, 1,053 children aged 14 and younger were killed and an estimated 183,000 were injured in motor vehicle crashes. The best way to protect children aged 12 and under from risks…
read moreDownload the Seat Belts fact sheet (PDF) 0 KILLED IN MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES IN 2020 0 WEREN’T WEARING SEAT BELTS Primary Enforcement Seat Belt Laws There were 38,824 motor vehicle crash fatalities on U.S. roads in 2020. Among passenger vehicle occupant fatalities that year, more than half (51 percent) were unrestrained when restraint use was known. For passengers that survived…
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