Total and alcohol-related traffic fatality rates per 100 million VMT,* 
100,000 population, 100,000 registered vehicles, and 100,000 licensed
drivers, United States, 1977-96.

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                                  Rates
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Year       100 million    100,000       100,000      100,000
              VMT*       population    registered    licensed
                                        vehicles**    drivers
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All fatalities

1996          1.69         15.80         19.93        23.34
1995          1.73         15.91         20.37        23.68
1994          1.73         15.64         20.18        23.21
1993          1.75         15.56         20.26        23.17
1992          1.75         15.39         20.19        22.89
1991          1.91         16.44         21.56        24.53
1990          2.08         17.93         23.08        26.70
1989          2.16         18.35         23.76        27.52
1988          2.32         19.12         24.92        28.91
1987          2.41         19.06         25.24        28.67
1986          2.51         19.08         25.40        28.90
1985          2.47         18.35         24.74        27.94
1984          2.58         18.70         25.72        28.47
1983          2.58         18.20         25.13        27.61
1982          2.75         18.86         26.46        29.09
1981          3.18         21.49         29.99        34.07
1980          3.36         22.55         31.60        35.15
1979          3.34         22.75         32.00        35.65
1978          3.25         22.66         32.70        35.73
1977          3.25         21.71         32.07        34.55

Percent change
1977-1996    -48.05       -27.22        -38.48       -32.45

Alcohol-related fatalities

1996          0.55          5.11          6.45         7.55
1995          0.57          5.28          6.76         7.86
1994          0.58          5.26          6.79         7.81
1993          0.62          5.52          7.18         8.22
1992          0.66          5.76          7.55         8.56
1991          0.75          6.44          8.44         9.60
1990          0.85          7.35          9.48        10.94
1989          0.87          7.40          9.59        11.10
1988          0.95          7.85         10.21        11.85
1987          1.04          8.18         10.84        12.31
1986          1.09          8.30         11.04        12.57
1985          1.02          7.55         10.18        11.50
1984          1.08          7.83         10.77        11.92
1983          1.08          7.63         10.53        11.57
1982          1.17          8.04         11.27        12.39
1981          1.33          9.01         12.58        14.29
1980          1.39          9.32         13.06        14.53
1979          1.32          9.02         12.68        14.13
1978          1.19          8.27         11.93        13.04
1977          1.19          7.92         11.71        12.61


Percent change
1977-1996   -53.78        -35.48        -44.93       -40.13
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Note: Data are from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS)
      maintained by the National Traffic Highway Safety Administration.

* Vehicle miles traveled.

** Includes all private, commercial and public owned motor vehicles
   and motorcycles.

Source: Alcohol Epidemiologic Data System. Yi, H.; Stinson, F.S.; Williams,
        G.D.; and Bertolucci, D.  SURVEILLANCE REPORT #46:  TRENDS IN 
        ALCOHOL-RELATED FATAL TRAFFIC CRASHES, UNITED STATES, 1977-96.
        Rockville, MD:  National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism,
        Division of Biometry and Epidemiology (December 1998).  Figures
        presented here supercede data in Table 2 of source.