PERSONS KILLED IN TOTAL AND ALCOHOL-IMPAIRED CRASHES BY PERSON TYPE, 2008
    Alcohol-impaired-driving fatalities (1)
Person type Total killed Number Percent
Vehicle occupants      
     Driver 19,220 7,181 37%
     Passenger 7,397 2,167 29
     Unknown occupant 72 1 1
     Total 26,689 9,349 35
Motorcyclists 5,290 1,733 33
Nonoccupants      
     Pedestrian 4,378 582 13
     Pedalcyclist 716 80 11
     Other/unknown 188 29 15
     Total 5,282 692 13
Total 37,261 11,773 32%

(1) Alcohol-impaired driving crashes are crashes that involve at least one driver or a motorcycle operator with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.08 percent or above, the legal definition of drunk driving.

Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.