statistics

*DRUNK DRIVING IS THE
NATION'S MOST FREQUENTLY
COMMITED VIOLENT CRIME.

*IN 1990, MORE THAN HALF OF
THE FATAL CAR ACCIDENTS IN THIS
COUNTRY WERE RELATED TO ALCOHOL,
KILLING 22,303 PEOPLE - THIS IS THE
EQUIVALENT OF A FULLY LOADED
747 CRASHING..THREE TIMES A WEEK...
EVERY WEEK.

*IN 1995, AN ESTIMATED 17,274
PERSONS DIED IN ALCOHOL-
RELATED TRAFFIC CRASHES--AN
AVERAGE OF ONE EVERY 32 MINUTES.

*IN THE PAST DECADE, FOUR
TIMES AS MANY AMERICANS
DIED IN DRUNK DRIVEING
CRASHES AS WERE KILLED
IN THE VIETNAM WAR.

*8 YOUNG PEOPLE DIE A DAY IN
ALCOHOL-RELATED CRASHES.

*HALF OF ALL TEENAGE
FATALITIES ARE ALCOHOL-
RELATED.

*ABOUT 2 IN EVERY 5 AMERICANS
WILL BE INVOLVED IN AN ALCOHOL-
RELATED CRASH AT SOME TIME
IN THERE LIVES.

*EXTREME DRUNK DRIVERS (WITH
BAC LEVELS OVER .2O) ACCOUNT
FOR ONLY ONE PERCENT OF ALL
DRIVERS ON THE ROAD AT NIGHT
AND ON WEEKENDS, WHILE REPRESENTING
NEARLY HALF OF ALL FATAL CRASHES AT THAT TIME.

*A DRUNK DRIVING CRASH COSTS
INNOCENT VICTIMS $26,000.
COMPARABLE CRIME COSTS PER
VICTIM: ASSAULT--$19,000; ROBBERY
--$13,000; MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT--$4,000.

*ALCOHOL ABUSE IS THE TOP 5 LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN THE U.S.

*10 MILLION AMERICANS ARE ADDICTED TO ALCOHOL. IT IS A DRUG.

*ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO KILL
MORE THAN 50 TIMES THE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE KILLED BY COCAINE,
HEROIN, AND EVERY OTHER ILLEGAL
DRUG COMBINED.

*15,794 PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND 1
MILLION PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN
ALCOHOL-RELATED CRASHES IN 1999.

*IN MASSACHUSETTS, 49% OF ALL
FATAL TRAFFIC CRASHES ARE
ALCOHOL-RELATED, THATS 11% HIGHER THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.

*DURING A TYPICAL WEEKEND, AN
AVERAGE OF ONE TEENAGEER DIES
EACH HOUR IN A CAR CRASH. 50% OF
THOSE CRASHES INVOLVE ALCOHOL.

*SINCE 1975, THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY
TRAFFIC SAFTEY ADMINISTRATION
ESTIMATES THAT THE 21-YEAR-OLD
MINIMUM DRINKING AGE LAWS HAVE
SAVED 18,220 LIVES.