Alcohol Crashes Alcohol-related crashes trend is level and are about 10% of all crashes. Alcohol-related fatal crashes have been between 45% and 50% of all fatal crashes and the trend has been level in the last several years. Montana has had the highest fatality rate per vehicle miles traveled during three of the last four years. The chart illustrates these changes. 
The state's Crime Lab reports that increasingly a variety of illegal drugs are present, with and without alcohol, in blood samples tested for autopsies on drivers, passengers, motor cyclists and pedestrians killed in these traffic crashes. The typical Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) annually of persons arrested for Driving Under the Influence (DUI) is about 0.17, or so high as to greatly impair a person's motor and mental skills. Alcohol and other drugs may reduce your ability to drive safely. Be cautious, please, the life you save may be your own. |
