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    You Drink & Drive. You Lose.

    		• STATISTICS & FACTS

    NHTSA publishes several series of fact sheets that are useful to local highway safety coordinators.

    Traffic Safety Facts (3) is a series developed by NHTSA's National Center for Statistics & Analysis, and is updated every year with the most current Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) numbers. The series includes the following Fact Sheets:

    • Overview (DOT HS 808 770, Item #5P0005)
    • Alcohol (DOT HS 808 764, Item #2P0015)
    • Children (DOT HS 808 765, Item #5P0001)
    • Large Trucks (DOT HS 808 766, Item #2P0019)
    • Motorcycles (DOT HS 808 767, Item #6P0028)
    • Occupant Protection (DOT HS 808 768, Item #1P0883)
    • Older Population (DOT HS 808 769, Item #2P0018)
    • Pedalcyclists (DOT HS 808 771, Item #6P0030)
    • Pedestrians (DOT HS 808 772, Item #6P0029)
    • School Buses (DOT HS 808 774, Item #6P0031)
    • Speeding (DOT HS 808 775, Item #4P0038)
    • State Alcohol Estimates (DOT HS 808 776, Item #2P0014)
    • Young Drivers (DOT HS 808 777, Item #5P0172)

    The entire set of 1997 facts (the last year for which statistics are available) was included in Campaign Safe & Sober Program Planner 18. Copies of individual fact sheets are available upon request, or can be downloaded from the Web site at www.nhtsa.dot.gov. They are updated annually.

    State Legislative Fact Sheets highlight individual public policy topics. These fact sheets can also be either ordered or downloaded from the NHTSA Web site, and are also updated annually. Fact sheets include the following topics:

    • .08 BAC Illegal Per Se Level (Item #2P0028)
    • Administrative License Revocation (Item #2P0027)
    • Bicycle Helmet Use Laws (Item #6P0079)
    • Graduated Driver Licensing System (Item #2P0026)
    • Motorcycle Helmet Use Laws (Item #6P0085)
    • Strengthening Child Passenger Safety Laws - Increase Car Seat and Belt Use, Decrease Crash Fatalities and Injuries (Item #1P1072)
    • Strengthening Seat Belt Use Laws - Increase Belt Use, Decrease Fatalities and Injuries (Item #1P1036)
    • Vehicle and License Plate Sanctions (Item #5P0204)
    • Open Container Laws (Item #2P1065)
    • Repeat Intoxicated Driver Laws (Item #2P1064)
    • Occupant Protection Incentive Grants (Item #1P1125)