ImpairedDriving isn’t just alcohol; it can also include recreational and prescription drugs. This National Impaired Driving Prevention Month, learn what you can do to prevent yourself and others from driving impaired:
In 2016, 10,497 people died in alcohol-impaired driving crashes, accounting for 28% of all traffic-related deaths in the United States.Of the 1,233 traffic deaths among children ages 0 to 14 years in 2016, 214 involved an alcohol-impaired driver.In 2016, more than 1 million drivers were arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol or narcotics.That’s one percent of the 111 million self-reported episodes of alcohol-impaired driving among U.S. adults each year .
Marijuana users were about 25% more likely to be involved in a crash than drivers with no evidence of marijuana use, however other factors–such as age and gender–may account for the increased crash risk among marijuana users.https://www.cdc.
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