[AmericaUnited]

It is important to note that the Texas drunk driving statistics, as shown above, include data from individuals who were in an alcohol-related crash, but not driving a motor vehicle at the time. The U.S. Department of Transportation defines alcohol-related deaths as "fatalities that occur in crashes where at least one driver or non-occupant (pedestrian or bicyclist) involved in the crash has a positive Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) value."

So if a car with two drinker passengers and one sober designated driver gets into an accident, that is counted as alcohol-related even though alcohol played ZERO ROLE. WHAT BS!

[spunkets]

"So if a car with two drinker passengers and one sober designated driver gets into an accident, that is counted as alcohol-related even though alcohol played ZERO ROLE."

No. What it means is the driver had some alcohol and the total that died in the crash, regardless of alcohol are counted. There are 2 columns, one with the driver having 0.08+ and the other with less than that, but more than 0.

[TXnMA]

"So if a car with two drinker passengers and one sober designated driver gets into an accident, that is counted as alcohol-related even though alcohol played ZERO ROLE. WHAT BS!"

Learn to read.

"fatalities that occur in crashes where at least one driver or non-occupant (pedestrian or bicyclist) involved in the crash has a positive Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) value."

The only way your scenario (sober driver, drinker passengers) would be counted is if they ran into a drinking pedestrian or bicyclist.

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Ooops! just opened the gate to a "WUI" and "BUI" discussion... '-]

[Scotsman will be Free]

Read it again. They are talking about the auto driver being drunk or the pedestrian that got run over being drunk or the bicyclist involved in the collision being drunk. They aren’t talking about passengers.