Use advanced engineering and technology, such as:.
US, Canada and the United Kingdom define drunk driving as BAC levels at 0.08% or above all other comparison countries use lower BAC levels (0.02-0.05%).
Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) levels.
Requirements for car seats and booster seats for child passengers through at least age 8.
Police officers can stop a vehicle and write a ticket for anyone not buckled up.
Primary enforcement of seat belt laws that cover everyone in every seat.
Have policies in line with best practices, including those that address:.
Some proven measures of best performing high-income countries.Įven when considering population size, miles traveled, and number of registered vehicles, the US consistently ranked poorly relative to other high-income countries for crash deaths.
About half of drivers or passengers who died in crashes in the US weren’t buckled up.
The US had lower-than-average front and back seat belt use compared with other high-income countries.
Seat belts saved over 12,500 lives in the US in 2013, yet: Reducing major risk factors could save thousands of lives and hundreds of millions of dollars in direct medical costs each year.
Speeding contributed to more than 9,500 crash deaths.
Drunk driving contributed to more than 10,000 crash deaths.
Not using seat belts, car seats, and booster seats contributed to over 9,500 crash deaths.
Major risk factors for crash deaths in the US. These deaths cost more than $380 million in direct medical costs. There were more than 32,000 crash deaths in the US in 2013. Motor vehicle crash deaths in the US are still too high.
Drive without distractions (such as using a cell phone or texting).
Choose not to drive while impaired by alcohol or drugs, and help others do the same.
Make sure children are always properly buckled in the back seat in a car seat, booster seat, or seat belt, whichever is appropriate for their age, height, and weight.
Use a seat belt in every seat, on every trip, no matter how short.
Lower death rates in other high-income countries and a high percentage of risk factors in the US suggest that we can make more progress in reducing crash deaths. One in 3 crash deaths in the US involved drunk driving, and almost 1 in 3 involved speeding. In the US, front seat belt use was lower than in most other comparison countries. In 2013, the US crash death rate was more than twice the average of other high-income countries. However, more than 32,000 people are killed and 2 million are injured each year from motor vehicle crashes. Reducing motor vehicle crash deaths was one of the great public health achievements of the 20th century for the US.
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