In 2008, 11,773 persons died in US motor vehicle crashes involving at least 1 driver with a blood alcohol concentration of .08 or higher. This number represents 32% of all motor vehicle crash fatalities for that year, an average of 1 fatality every 45 minutes in which a driver's blood alcohol concentration was above the legal limit for alcohol. Traffic crashes cost society more than dollar230 billion each year. Despite progress since the 1980s in reducing alcohol-related fatalities, they remain unacceptably high.
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