Drunk driving.Alcohol useby underage drivers leads to a high number of fatal crashes. In 2022, alcohol was involved in 22 percent of fatal crashes among drivers aged 16-17 and 31 percent of crashes among drivers aged 18 to 20.(IIHS) ...
For past statistics, visit our Past Underage Drinking statistics page. It's a Matter of Life and Death – Don't Drink and Drive Underage drinking affects millions of families every year. That's why it's important to discuss the dangers of teen drinking, peer pressure, and driving or ridi...
An analysis was made of recent trends in arrests for driving under the influence of alcohol or other intoxicants (DUI) and the characteristics of persons confined in local jails in 1983 who had been charged with driving while intoxicated by alcohol (DWI). Data on DUI arrests were drawn from...
Alcohol abuse increases the rate ofteen dating violence. According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), “Among college students under age 21 alone, 50,000 experience alcohol- related date rape, and 430,000 are assaulted by another student who has been drinking.”...
Factors for preventing alcohol use disorder in older teenagers and young adults include limiting the availability of alcohol and enforcing rules that address issues like drinking and driving. Specific examples of limiting the accessibility of alcohol might involve raising the cost of alcohol and restricti...
attitudes towards drinking and driving. The vast majority of teens surveyed, 86 percent, said that driving while under the influence was extremely distracting. On the other hand, 1 in 10 teens, who said they never drove under the influence, admitted to occasionally driving after drinking alcohol...
standard when it comes to drinking and driving. People under the age of 21 are forbidden from purchasing or drinking alcoholic beverages, and the corresponding DUI regulations are known as “zero-tolerance” laws. Depending on the state, a BAC of 0-0.02% may result in an underage DUI ...
from air travel hasbeen falling for decades, all while the number of flights and miles travelled haveincreased exponentially, meaning that theper-flight,per-mileor per-passenger risk of death has kept dropping. Not to mention that alternative modes of travelling like driving ismagnitudesmore ...
Factors for preventing alcohol use disorder in older teenagers and young adults include limiting the availability of alcohol and enforcing rules that address issues like drinking and driving. Specific examples of limiting the accessibility of alcohol might involve raising the cost of alcohol and restricti...
Factors for preventing alcohol use disorder in older teenagers and young adults include limiting the availability of alcohol and enforcing rules that address issues like drinking and driving. Specific examples of limiting the accessibility of alcohol might involve raising the cost of alcohol and restricti...