Years 1991-2009*
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Percent
Alcohol* Related
By Role in Crash and Alcohol By Gender and Alcohol By Age Group and Alcohol By Age Gender Group and Alcohol * Alcohol
Involved
crash
means
one
of
the
parties
involved
in
a
crash
had
consumed
alcohol,
not
necessarily the person killed.
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+ The 3075 traffic deaths in 2008 is the lowest number of traffic deaths since before 1991 .
+ The Number of
all fatalities that involve alcohol is at the lowest since 1998.
+ However, alcohol related deaths have not dropped as fast as non-alcohol related deaths with the result that there has been a steady increase of alcohol involvement traffic deaths since 1997, and alcohol related deaths now stands at 41% of deaths.
+ However, alcohol related deaths have not dropped as fast as non-alcohol related deaths with the result that there has been a steady increase of alcohol involvement traffic deaths since 1997, and alcohol related deaths now stands at 41% of deaths.
* Since
1991, 75,016 people
have died in California through traffic crashes.
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+ The percent of all fatalities that involve alcohol is at the highest level since 1992. + There has been a steady increase of alcohol involved traffic deaths since 1997. The percent of alcohol involvement is now 10% higher than 1997. |
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+ For Drivers there
has been a dramatic drop in 2008 in fatalities for both alcohol involved and non-alcohol
involved traffic deaths, although similar to the state averages. + The drop in non-alcohol involved drivers was twice that of alcohol involved, but again similar to state averages. |
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+ For all the
different roles in crashes the level of alcohol involvement in the
crash is rising. + The level of alcohol involvement is relatively the same for all roles. |
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+ For
non-alcohol involved drivers there has been a 32% drop in deaths since
2005. + For alcohol involved drivers there has been a 21% drop in deaths since 2005. |
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+ For
non-alcohol involved passengers there has been a 42% drop in deaths
since 2005, although 2009 displayed little change
from 2008. + For alcohol involved passengers there has been a 33% drop in deaths since 2005. |
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+ For alcohol involved peds there has been a 13% drop in deaths since 2005. |
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+ Deaths for both males (26%) and females (36%) since 2005. |
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+In recent years, the percent of alcohol involvement has been increasing for both genders. |
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+ For all age groups
there has been a dramatic drop in the number of deaths in the last 3 to
5 years. + There has been a steady drop since 1998 in the of deaths in the 0-15 age group. |
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+ There has been a
steady increase since 1998 in the percent of alcohol involved crashes
for nearly all age groups. |
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+ For Males, there has been a
steady increase since 1998 in the percent of alcohol involved crashes
for nearly all age groups. + For Males, all age groups between 21 and 50, alcohol crashes made up more than 50% of all deaths. Age group 16-20 is close to 50% and has shown a dramatic rise since 2007. |
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+ For Females, there has been a
steady increase since 1998 in the percent of alcohol involved crashes
for nearly all age groups. + For Females, age group 26-3- is close to 50% and has shown a dramatic rise since 2007. |
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