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Concerned Parents of Color: December is National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month (3D Month)

Contributed by rbutler on Dec 02, 2010 - 02:01 PM

Health, Safety, & Environment

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The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) link below highlights important figures related to drunk driving including:




  • Every day, 36 people in the United States die, and approximately 700 more are injured, in motor vehicle crashes that involve an alcohol-impaired driver




    • If you do the math this works out to per year:      13,140 DEATHS      and      244,500 INJURIES




  • In 2006, 13,470 people died in alcohol-impaired driving crashes, accounting for nearly one-third (32%) of all traffic-related deaths in the United States



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Click this link to visit the CDC webpage highlighting 3D Month


 

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