HSC 4201 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Moving Violation, United States Coast Guard
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From 48% in 1982 to 21% in 2011. Drivers are not the only persons killed in alcohol-related motor vehicle crashes: motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death among children aged 1 year and older in the us. One in four deaths of child passengers aged 14 years and older involves alcohol use. Of the 2,335 children who died in alcohol-related crashes during the period of. 1,588 (68%) were riding with drinking drivers. Alcohol use often contributes to motor vehicle injuries and deaths in another way: safety belt use by drinking drivers is lower than for their nondrinking counterparts. Increasing the likelihood of a fatal outcome if there is a crash. In 1999, safety belts were used by only 19% of fatally injured intoxicated drivers. Compared with 30% of fatally injured impaired drivers. With bac levels between 0. 01% and 0. 09% 48% of fatality injured sober drivers: child passenger restraint use also decreases as the bac of the driver increases.
