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State-By-State Traffic Fatalities - 2002

STATE	2002 TOTAL TRAFFIC DEATHS	2002 ALCOHOL RELATED DEATHS	PERCENT ALCOHOL RELATED
Alabama	1033	413	40
Alaska	87	35	40
Arizona	1117	477	43
Arkansas	640	242	38
California	4078	1612	40
Colorado	742	307	41
Connecticut	322	140	43
Delaware	124	51	41
D.C.	47	25	53
Florida	3132	1276	41
Georgia	1523	529	35
Hawaii	119	50	42
Idaho	264	91	34
Illinois	1411	648	46
Indiana	792	269	34
Iowa	404	131	32
Kansas	512	229	45
Kentucky	915	301	33
Louisiana	875	413	47
Maine	216	51	24
Maryland	659	265	40
Massachusetts	459	221	48
Michigan	1277	490	38
Minnesota	657	255	39
Mississippi	885	332	38
Missouri	1208	525	43
Montana	270	127	47
Nebraska	307	117	38
Nevada	381	171	45
New Hampshire	127	51	40
New Jersey	773	299	39
New Mexico	449	215	48
New York	1522	478	31
North Carolina	1575	601	38
North Dakota	97	48	49
Ohio	1418	562	40
Oklahoma	734	249	34
Oregon	436	179	41
Pennsylvania	1614	656	41
Rhode Island	84	46	55
South Carolina	1053	551	52
South Dakota	180	92	51
Tennessee	1175	471	40
Texas	3725	1745	47
Utah	328	73	22
Vermont	78	27	35
Virginia	914	371	41
Washington	659	298	45
West Virginia	439	180	41
Wisconsisn	803	364	45
Wyoming	176	70	40
TOTAL	42,815	17,419	41

SOURCE: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
2002 Annual Assessment of Motor Vehicle Crashes (PDF), 2003.

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Alcohol Related Fatalities - 2000

PROM / GRADUATION DATES (6:00 pm Friday to 5:59 pm Sunday)	TOTAL TRAFFIC FATALITIES	TOTAL FATALITIES ALCOHOL RELATED	PERCENT ALCOHOL RELATED
4/14/00 - 4/16/00	215	137	63.9
4/21/00 - 4/23/00	207	117	56.7
4/28/00 - 4/30/00	225	131	58.3
5/5/00 - 5/7/00	246	136	55.2
5/12/00 - 5/14/00	237	140	58.9
5/19/00 - 5/21/00	234	142	60.6
6/2/00 - 6/4/00	240	138	57.4
6/9/00 - 6/11/00	268	163	60.9
6/16/00 - 6/18/00	210	122	58.0

Source - National Highway Traffic Safety Administration FARS data

Did you know...

Of the children 0-14 years old who were killed in alcohol-related crashes during 2002, more than half (239) were passengers in vehicles with drivers who had been drinking. (NHTSA, 2003)
In 2002, 22 percent of the children under 15 years old who were killed in motor vehicle crashes were killed in alcohol-related crashes. (NHTSA, 2003)
Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for children from two to 14 years of age. (NHTSA, 2003)
During 2002, 7,739 passenger vehicle occupants under 15 years old were involved in fatal crashes. For those children, where restraint use was known, 32 percent were unrestrained; among those who were fatally injured, 50 percent were unrestrained. (NHTSA, 2003)
It is estimated that 376 children under age 5 were saved as a result of child restraint use in 2002. An estimated 6,567 lives were saved by child restraints from 1975-2002. (NHTSA, 2003)

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