PERSONS KILLED IN TOTAL AND ALCOHOL-IMPAIRED CRASHES BY PERSON TYPE, 2009
    Alcohol-impaired driving fatalities  (1)
Person type Total killed Number Percent of total killed
Vehicle occupants      
     Driver 17,640 6,669 38%
     Passenger 6,770 2,022 30
     Unknown occupant 64 3 5
     Total 24,474 8,693 36
Motorcyclists 4,462 1,480 33
Non-occupants      
     Pedestrian 4,092 562 14
     Pedalcyclist 630 85 13
     Other/unknown 150 19 13
     Total 4,872 667 14
Total 33,808 10,839 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.