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Pedestrian fatalities and injuries, 1992-2001: Page 9

Table 16 shows the number of fatally injured pedestrians tested for alcohol consumption. A total of 247 fatally injured pedestrians were tested for alcohol use in 2001. Of those tested, 100 pedestrians (40.5 percent) had been drinking and 91 (36.9 percent) had a blood alcohol concentration 4 (BAC) greater than the ‘legal limit' of 80 mg%. This ‘legal limit' only applies to operators of motor vehicles. Of the 91 fatally injured pedestrians who were impaired, 17 had BACs from 81 mg% to 150 mg% and 74 had BACs greater than 150 mg%.

Of those fatally injured pedestrians tested in 2001, alcohol was most frequently detected among pedestrians age 26-35. Intoxication rates by age group for fatally injured pedestrians tested were as follows: 16 to 19 years, 41.9 percent; 20 to 25 years, 36.4 percent; 26 to 35 years, 59.4 percent; 36 to 45 years, 56.1 percent; 46 to 55 years, 39.5 percent; and over 55 years, 15.7 percent. Among fatally injured pedestrians, 46 percent of males tested had been drinking with 41 percent having a BAC above 80 mg%. In contrast, 26 percent of fatally injured female pedestrians tested showed evidence of alcohol, with all 26 percent having a BAC above 80 mg%.

Table 16. Alcohol Use Among Fatally Injured Pedestrians, Canada 1992-2001

Table 16 was partially reproduced from the publication “The Alcohol-Crash Problem in Canada: 2001” TP 11759 prepared for Transport Canada by The Traffic Injury Research Foundation of Canada.

Figure 12 shows the percentage of fatally injured pedestrians, who had been drinking or who had a blood alcohol concentration greater than 0 mg% (the sum of the percentages in the 1-80 mg%, the 81-150 mg% BAC and the >150 mg% BAC in the above table).

Figure 12. Percentages of Fatally Injured Pedestrians Who Had Been Drinking (BAC > 0 mg%)

Figure 12. Percentages of Fatally Injured Pedestrians Who Had Been Drinking (BAC > 0 mg%)

As stated on the previous page, of the fatally injured pedestrians tested for alcohol in 2001, 40.5 percent had been drinking or had a BAC reading greater than 0 mg%. That percentage was up from 37.6 percent in 2000 and only 3.4 percentage points lower than in 1991 at 43.9 percent. This is one area that has not shown much improvement over the 10-year period.

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2012-03-30