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- Projection of traffic fatalities for 2009 estimates a decline of about 9%. Vehicle miles traveled declined by 1.7%.
- In 2009, 68% of total traffic fatalities involved a driver with a BAC of .08 or higher.
- In 2008, 16% of child traffic fatalities occurred in impaired driving crashes.
- The rate of impairment among drivers involved in fatal crashes was 4 times higher at night than during the day.
- The highest percentage of drivers in fatal crashes who had BAC levels of .08 or higher was for drivers 21 to 24.
- The percentage of drivers with BAC of .08 or above in fatal crashes was highest for motorcycle riders.
- Drivers with a BAC of .08 or higher involved in fatal crashes were 8 times likely to have a prior conviction for DUI than were drivers with no impairment.
- in 2008, 57% of the drivers involved in fatal crashes had a BAC of .15 or greater.
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