Press Release: Drive Sober on Halloween

XENIA, OH — As communities nationwide prepare for Halloween celebrations, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reminds all drivers that Buzzed Driving Is Drunk Driving. Drivers responsibly committing to sober driving will keep themselves, passengers, pedestrians, and other road users safe. In 2024, one person was killed every 44 minutes in a drunk-driving crash on our nation's roads. Alcohol-impaired driving is deadly and continues to be a factor in fatal traffic crashes in the United States, including on Halloween night (6 p.m. October 31-5:59 a.m. November 1). From 2020 to 2024, 201 people were killed in alcohol-related crashes, which involve at least one driver who had a blood alcohol level of .01 or higher, on the night of Halloween. Of those killed in alcohol-related crashes, 176 were in crashes that involved a drunk driver, with BACs of .08 or higher. More than half (54%) of people aged 21–34 killed in traffic crashes during that same five-year period were in drunk-driving crashes. Victims in those drunk-driving crashes included 31 pedestrians and 144 drivers and passengers.

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