In California, the percentage of alcohol-related traffic fatalities nearly mirrored the national trend, dropping from 61 percent of all traffic deaths in 1982 to 40 percent last year. States with the best records are Utah, Vermont, New York, Minnesota, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Maine, Virginia, Indiana and California - all with fewer than one-half death for every 100 million vehicle miles traveled. South Carolina, Montana, Louisiana and the District of Columbia also reported rates of more than one death for every 100 million vehicle miles. Today, Puerto Rico's alcohol-related death rate is higher than any state's - 1.38 per 100 million vehicle miles traveled during 2001. traffic deaths connected to alcohol use totaled 26,173, or 60 percent of all U.S. Last year, the alcohol-related death rate nationwide was 0.63 per 100 million vehicle miles traveled, compared to 1.64 in 1982. In most states, it is legal to drive with less than 0.08 percent blood alcohol content. NHTSA defines an alcohol-related fatality as any that occurred in an accident where a driver, pedestrian or cyclist had alcohol detected in their blood. Last year, 17,448 were killed, accounting for 41 percent of all U.S. The number of people killed in alcohol-related crashes has risen slightly since 1999 ending years of steady decline. 5, the kickoff to a yearlong effort to curb impaired driving. The agency and law enforcement in every state say they will crack down on drunken and drugged drivers with sobriety checkpoints and increased patrols from Dec. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration compiled the state-by-state statistics to encourage states at the bottom of the rankings to get tough on drivers who drink.
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