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Official government chart:
Figures from the NHTSA may be further revised by the NHTSA when it suits their agenda

FATALITIES IN MOTOR VEHICLE TRAFFIC CRASHES, including pedestrians

TOTAL FATALITIES, ALCOHOL RELATED FATALITIES, AND

FATALITY RATES PER 100 MILLION VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED
 

U.S. Government's Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) 1993-2006

Year

Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) in Millions

Total Fatalities

Total Fatality Rate per 100 Million VMT

Alcohol Related Fatalities

Alcohol Related Fatality Rate per 100 Million VMT

1993

2,296,378

40,150

1.75

17,908

0.78

1994

2,357,588

40,716

1.73

17,308

0.73

1995

2,422,696

41,817

1.73

17,732

0.73

1996

2,485,848

42,065

1.69

17,749

0.71

1997

2,561,695

42,013

1.64

16,711

0.65

1998

2,631,522

41,501

1.58

16,673

0.63

1999

2,691,056

41,717

1.55

16,572

0.62

2000

2,749,803

41,945

1.53

17,380

0.63

2001

2,778,338

42,196

1.52

17,400

0.63

2002

2,829,645

42,815

1.51

17,419

0.62
2003

2,880,000
rounded-off

42,643
or 42,884

1.48

17,013
or 17,105

0.59

2004

2,962,513

 42,636 1.44 16,694 0.56
2005 2,964,381 43,510 1.47 17,590 0.59
2006 2,961,250 42,642 1.44 17602 0.59

Note: Alcohol related fatalities are obtained using the New Methodology (Multiple Imputation). Source: NHTSA statistics branch FARS [End of government information]

Above is the U.S. government's chart showing total deaths and so-called alcohol-related deaths for the past 14 years. An example of  MADD scare tactics: They tried to alarm the public over the "disturbing" increase in drunk driving deaths for 2002, which is 1/10th of 1% more than in 2001.

2002 is when they started using their new method of calculating called "The New Methodology."  According to the NHTSA: The New Methodology results in figures 1 or 2% higher than the "Old Methodology".

In essence, they changed their computing methods, which raised the numbers and then were alarmed that the figures were higher. FYI: according to the government, FARS is not pronounced "FARSE".

In 2003, the NHTSA worked with MADD by releasing "alarmingly" high numbers first and then revising them downward later after all states had passed the .08 law.

Even so, the more relevant number is deaths per Vehicle Mile Traveled (VMT), which continued to declined each year in both categories until 2005.

Another related quote, not publicized because it does not promote the anti-alcohol agenda:
"In recent years, passenger car fatalities have been trending downward--the annual rise in overall passenger vehicle fatalities is due to fatal motorcycle and light truck crashes." NCSA (National Center for Statistics and Analysis), March, 2004.

 

You will find that the State is the kind of organization which, though it does big things badly, does small things badly, too.---John Kenneth Galbraith

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