![]() In alcohol-related crashes in the United States. The findings in this report indicate that during 1997-2002, approximately 390 children died annually Reported by: RA Shults, PhD, Div of Unintentional Injury Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, CDC. ![]() Information who died while riding with drinking drivers, 466 (32%) were restrained at the time of the crash. Of 1,451 child passengers with known restraint Of the 1,409 drinking drivers involved in these crashes, 956 (68%) survived.įor all child passenger deaths, including those not involving drinking drivers, child passenger restraint use decreased asīoth the child's age and BAC of the child's driver increased ( Figure). The median BAC of the 1,409 drinking drivers who were transporting children was 0.13 g/dL (range: 0.01-0.65 g/dL). ![]() Of the 2,335 children who died in alcohol-related crashes, 1,588 (68%) were riding with drinking drivers ( Table). Level for drivers aged >21 years is <0.08 g/dL). ![]() A drinking driver was defined as a driver with a measured or imputed BAC ofĭefined as passengers aged 0.08 g/dL (in 31 states as of December 31, 2002, the legal BAC When BACs were not available, they were imputed from driver and crash characteristics by using a two-stage estimation procedure ( 3). Motor-vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death among children aged >1 year in the United States ( 1), and one inįour crash-related deaths among child passengers agedĠ.01 g/dL. Child Passenger Deaths Involving Drinking Drivers - United States, 1997-2002Įrratum has been published for this article. For assistance, please send e-mail to: Type 508 Accommodation and the title of the report in the subject line of e-mail. Persons using assistive technology might not be able to fully access information in this file.
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