Teenagers

Overview

In the United States, teenagers drive less than all but the oldest people, but their numbers of crashes and crash deaths are disproportionately high. Using data from the National Household Travel Survey, the fatal crash rate per mile driven for 16-19 year-olds is nearly 3 times the rate for drivers ages 20 and over. Risk is highest at ages 16-17.

Beginning in the mid-1990s, all states adopted graduated licensing systems, which phase in full driving privileges. National studies of graduated licensing found that strong laws were associated with substantially lower fatal crash rates and substantially lower insurance claim rates among young teen drivers covered by the laws. Strengthening restrictions on nighttime driving and teen passengers, as well as raising the licensing age, reduced rates of fatal crashes and insurance collision claims (McCartt et al., 2012; Trempel, 2009).

The following facts are based on analysis of data from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System.

Posted July 2025.

Trends

A total of 3,048 teenagers ages 13-19 died in motor vehicle crashes in 2023. This is 65% fewer than in 1975. About 2 of every 3 teenagers killed in crashes in 2023 were males.

Teenage motor vehicle crash deaths by sex, 1975-2023

Motor vehicle crash deaths among 13-19 year-olds by sex, 1975-2023
Year	Male		Female		Total*
Year	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
1975	6,532	75	2,215	25	8,748	100
1976	6,826	73	2,530	27	9,356	100
1977	6,983	72	2,650	28	9,633	100
1978	7,295	73	2,645	27	9,940	100
1979	7,280	73	2,639	27	9,920	100
1980	6,932	73	2,591	27	9,524	100
1981	6,014	72	2,301	28	8,315	100
1982	5,354	73	1,969	27	7,323	100
1983	4,850	71	1,955	29	6,805	100
1984	4,947	71	2,005	29	6,952	100
1985	4,715	70	2,022	30	6,737	100
1986	5,280	71	2,182	29	7,466	100
1987	5,107	70	2,186	30	7,293	100
1988	5,036	70	2,204	30	7,242	100
1989	4,528	68	2,158	32	6,688	100
1990	4,420	69	1,944	31	6,364	100
1991	3,891	68	1,867	32	5,760	100
1992	3,495	67	1,713	33	5,215	100
1993	3,678	68	1,742	32	5,421	100
1994	3,770	67	1,859	33	5,632	100
1995	3,702	65	1,970	35	5,675	100
1996	3,855	66	1,963	34	5,819	100
1997	3,715	65	2,014	35	5,730	100
1998	3,649	65	1,960	35	5,610	100
1999	3,745	65	2,007	35	5,752	100
2000	3,759	66	1,925	34	5,685	100
2001	3,735	67	1,859	33	5,594	100
2002	3,939	66	2,015	34	5,954	100
2003	3,772	66	1,946	34	5,718	100
2004	3,696	65	1,948	35	5,645	100
2005	3,496	66	1,803	34	5,300	100
2006	3,415	66	1,744	34	5,159	100
2007	3,280	66	1,701	34	4,981	100
2008	2,694	66	1,373	34	4,070	100
2009	2,222	64	1,257	36	3,480	100
2010	2,034	65	1,087	35	3,121	100
2011	1,991	66	1,041	34	3,033	100
2012	1,863	66	972	34	2,837	100
2013	1,661	65	880	35	2,543	100
2014	1,802	69	828	31	2,630	100
2015	1,811	66	935	34	2,747	100
2016	1,867	66	969	34	2,837	100
2017	1,829	66	933	34	2,762	100
2018	1,580	63	914	37	2,496	100
2019	1,589	66	804	34	2,394	100
2020	1,887	68	873	32	2,767	100
2021	2,074	67	1,010	33	3,090	100
2022	1,990	69	900	31	2,896	100
2023	2,163	71	882	29	3,048	100
*Total includes other and/or unknowns

In 2023, teenagers accounted for 7% of motor vehicle crash deaths. They accounted for 9% of passenger vehicle occupant deaths, 3% of pedestrian deaths, 5% of motorcyclist deaths, 6% of bicyclist deaths and 17% of all-terrain vehicle rider deaths.

Teenage motor vehicle crash deaths as percent of all motor vehicle crash deaths, 2023
Death type	Teen crash deaths	Crash deaths for all ages	Percent of all crash deaths that are teens
Passenger vehicle occupant	2,255	24,238	9
Pedestrian	241	7,314	3
Motorcyclist	344	6,335	5
Bicyclist	71	1,155	6
All-terrain vehicle riders	41	235	17
Other	96	1,624	6
Total	3,048	40,901	7

In 2023, motor vehicle crashes were the leading cause of death among 13-19-year-old females and one of the leading causes of death among 13-19-year-old males (National Centers for Injury Prevention and Control, 2025).

Leading causes of death among U.S. teenagers by sex, 2023
Cause of death	Male	Female	Total
Motor vehicle crashes	2,218	891	3,109
Homicide	2,478	394	2,872
Suicide	1,861	670	2,531

Passenger vehicle occupants

In 2023, 61% of deaths among passenger vehicle occupants ages 16-19 were drivers.

Teenage passenger vehicle occupant deaths by age and seating position, 2023
Age	Driver		Passenger		Total*
Age	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
13	3	5	59	95	62	100
14	15	18	67	82	82	100
15	25	16	136	84	161	100
16	138	46	159	54	297	100
17	283	60	187	40	471	100
18	379	61	237	38	618	100
19	387	69	176	31	564	100
Total	1,230	55	1,021	45	2,255	100
*Total includes other and/or unknowns

In 2023, 59% of the deaths of teenage passengers in passenger vehicles occurred in vehicles driven by another teenager. Among deaths of passengers of all ages, 15% occurred when a teenager was driving.

Passenger vehicle passenger deaths by passenger age and driver age, 2023
Passenger age	Driver Age														All ages
	13-19 years		20-24 years		25-29 years		30-59 years		60-69 years		≥70 years		Unknown		All ages
	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number
<13	39	7	53	9	110	20	330	59	14	3	10	2	2	<1	558
13-19	598	59	180	18	41	4	168	16	14	1	7	1	13	1	1,021
20-24	126	16	391	50	116	15	125	16	8	1	3	<1	9	1	778
25-29	24	5	111	22	171	34	180	36	3	1	2	<1	12	2	503
30-59	73	5	110	7	168	11	1,076	68	93	6	49	3	24	2	1,593
60-69	10	2	13	3	25	5	187	38	163	33	89	18	5	1	492
70+	14	2	13	1	14	2	224	24	185	20	478	51	1	<1	929
Unknown	5	22	4	17	3	13	4	17	2	9	2	9	3	13	23
All ages	889	15	875	15	648	11	2,294	39	482	8	640	11	69	1	5,897

In 2023, belt use among fatally injured passenger vehicle drivers ages 16-19 was generally higher than among those ages 20-29 and lower than among those ages 60 and older. For passengers, belt use was similar for teens and those ages 20-29 and increased with age for those ages 30 and older.

Seat belt use among fatally injured passenger vehicle occupants by age and seating position, 2023
Age	Drivers						Passengers
	Belt used		Unbelted		Unknown		Belt used		Unbelted		Unknown
	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
13	0	0	3	100	0	0	25	42	25	42	9	15
14	5	33	8	53	2	13	16	24	37	55	14	21
15	4	16	11	44	10	40	30	22	78	57	28	21
16	64	46	62	45	12	9	48	30	93	58	18	11
17	114	40	143	51	26	9	51	27	94	50	42	22
18	155	41	174	46	50	13	76	32	114	48	47	20
19	154	40	175	45	58	15	63	36	78	44	35	20
20-24	714	36	988	50	280	14	248	32	388	50	142	18
25-29	646	36	956	53	215	12	143	28	272	54	88	17
30-59	3,301	41	3,866	48	848	11	596	37	800	50	197	12
60-69	1,239	54	849	37	191	8	277	56	164	33	51	10
70+	1,945	65	835	28	194	7	657	71	202	22	70	8

Among passenger vehicle drivers ages 16-19 involved in fatal crashes in 2023, 43% were involved in single-vehicle crashes. This was the highest of any age group.

Passenger vehicle drivers in fatal crashes by age and crash type, 2023
	Single vehicle		Multiple vehicle		All crashes
	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
16-19	1,379	43	1,849	57	3,228	100
20-24	2,260	40	3,326	60	5,586	100
25-29	1,938	38	3,213	62	5,151	100
30-59	7,991	36	14,354	64	22,345	100
60-69	1,659	33	3,310	67	4,969	100
70+	1,521	30	3,549	70	5,070	100

Population and mileage rates

From 1975 to 2023, the rate of passenger vehicle drivers involved in fatal crashes per 100,000 people declined by 61% for teenagers ages 16-19, 43% for people ages 20-34, 29% for people ages 35-69, and 19% for people 70 and older.

Passenger vehicle drivers involved in fatal crashes per 100,000 people by age group, 1975-2023
	16-19 years			20-34 years			35-69 years			70+ years
	Population	Number	Rate	Population	Number	Rate	Population	Number	Rate	Population	Number	Rate
1975	17,016,355	8,094	47.6	50,998,098	19,715	38.7	74,764,829	15,325	20.5	14,563,945	2,249	15.4
1976	17,194,079	8,457	49.2	52,745,005	19,847	37.6	75,419,921	15,127	20.1	14,960,120	2,395	16.0
1977	17,276,153	8,968	51.9	54,497,448	21,530	39.5	76,203,083	15,710	20.6	15,401,249	2,387	15.5
1978	17,287,835	9,297	53.8	55,909,063	23,284	41.6	77,348,222	16,323	21.1	15,876,541	2,524	15.9
1979	17,242,116	9,240	53.6	57,499,197	23,991	41.7	78,311,107	16,075	20.5	16,388,617	2,386	14.6
1980	17,112,117	8,637	50.5	58,814,391	23,957	40.7	79,111,522	16,002	20.2	16,897,977	2,375	14.1
1981	16,756,984	7,800	46.5	60,563,416	23,758	39.2	79,785,591	16,131	20.2	17,322,714	2,487	14.4
1982	16,280,287	6,509	40.0	61,099,524	20,848	34.1	81,488,902	14,491	17.8	17,783,888	2,522	14.2
1983	15,783,684	6,253	39.6	61,840,154	19,955	32.3	82,861,204	14,459	17.4	18,233,751	2,574	14.1
1984	15,257,750	6,464	42.4	62,491,255	20,964	33.5	84,256,661	15,079	17.9	18,662,938	2,770	14.8
1985	14,969,843	6,276	41.9	62,961,154	20,837	33.1	85,628,410	15,265	17.8	19,072,785	3,005	15.8
1986	14,981,380	7,017	46.8	63,115,889	22,008	34.9	87,205,537	15,736	18.0	19,463,480	3,235	16.6
1987	15,172,917	7,021	46.3	63,032,298	22,387	35.5	88,808,046	16,749	18.9	19,890,817	3,376	17.0
1988	15,159,185	7,249	47.8	62,784,739	22,367	35.6	90,464,406	17,501	19.3	20,302,280	3,623	17.8
1989	14,874,579	6,906	46.4	62,494,056	21,273	34.0	92,250,762	17,780	19.3	20,719,397	3,631	17.5
1990	14,424,509	6,356	44.1	62,282,683	20,715	33.3	94,140,108	17,579	18.7	21,164,283	3,688	17.4
1991	13,935,348	5,718	41.0	62,025,750	19,073	30.8	96,068,111	16,366	17.0	21,751,897	3,769	17.3
1992	13,720,071	5,231	38.1	61,427,100	17,846	29.1	98,214,539	16,377	16.7	22,321,217	3,834	17.2
1993	13,874,164	5,434	39.2	60,582,332	17,691	29.2	100,399,648	17,024	17.0	22,800,673	4,146	18.2
1994	14,128,177	5,773	40.9	59,629,351	17,672	29.6	102,541,525	17,514	17.1	23,243,845	4,325	18.6
1995	14,401,118	5,874	40.8	58,712,407	17,911	30.5	104,712,328	18,869	18.0	23,693,757	4,505	19.0
1996	14,907,191	6,021	40.4	57,753,910	17,738	30.7	106,975,953	19,266	18.0	24,056,323	4,563	19.0
1997	15,257,453	5,947	39.0	57,046,569	16,847	29.5	109,232,426	19,708	18.0	24,408,817	4,823	19.8
1998	15,649,272	5,938	37.9	56,421,053	16,271	28.8	111,331,195	20,031	18.0	24,793,551	4,808	19.4
1999	15,927,464	6,158	38.7	55,961,401	16,154	28.9	113,451,312	19,585	17.3	25,092,805	4,806	19.2
2000	16,192,473	6,041	37.3	58,971,709	16,444	27.9	117,114,739	19,966	17.0	25,559,879	4,574	17.9
2001	16,232,934	5,983	36.9	59,465,066	16,284	27.4	119,060,436	20,287	17.0	25,797,467	4,649	18.0
2002	16,287,999	6,134	37.7	60,046,068	16,686	27.8	120,913,207	20,358	16.8	26,005,326	4,543	17.5
2003	16,344,596	5,745	35.1	60,599,350	16,329	26.9	122,772,578	20,799	16.9	26,200,946	4,644	17.7
2004	16,518,068	5,724	34.7	61,003,240	16,401	26.9	124,762,848	20,509	16.4	26,337,518	4,355	16.5
2005	16,652,533	5,360	32.2	61,180,772	16,516	27.0	126,831,714	21,004	16.6	26,658,669	4,237	15.9
2006	16,996,219	5,270	31.0	61,527,219	16,237	26.4	128,907,361	20,152	15.6	26,884,798	4,064	15.1
2007	17,208,807	4,970	28.9	61,623,322	15,624	25.4	130,500,566	19,696	15.1	27,135,517	4,004	14.8
2008	17,314,417	4,046	23.4	61,990,546	13,696	22.1	131,908,058	17,868	13.5	27,521,034	3,739	13.6
2009	17,404,102	3,620	20.8	63,105,881	12,338	19.6	132,693,708	16,671	12.6	27,786,270	3,565	12.8
2010	17,750,955	3,234	18.2	62,914,600	12,066	19.2	135,270,594	16,204	12.0	27,957,657	3,630	13.0
2011	17,503,125	2,977	17.0	63,965,818	11,960	18.7	136,306,915	15,828	11.6	28,472,279	3,552	12.5
2012	17,230,188	2,917	16.9	64,900,433	12,493	19.2	137,323,658	16,528	12.0	29,152,093	3,651	12.5
2013	17,034,699	2,584	15.2	65,681,251	12,178	18.5	138,067,096	16,405	11.9	30,040,362	3,656	12.2
2014	16,896,162	2,622	15.5	66,367,803	12,205	18.4	139,015,319	16,251	11.7	30,864,009	3,720	12.1
2015	16,840,766	2,924	17.4	66,762,737	13,444	20.1	140,231,069	18,043	12.9	31,624,778	3,944	12.5
2016	16,939,001	3,040	17.9	67,142,780	14,622	21.8	141,361,052	19,024	13.5	32,406,486	4,302	13.3
2017	16,992,577	2,966	17.5	67,381,469	14,399	21.4	141,662,252	19,485	13.8	33,964,043	4,528	13.3
2018	16,936,745	2,844	16.8	67,504,170	13,991	20.7	142,087,330	19,296	13.6	35,290,306	4,550	12.9
2019	16,888,181	2,733	16.2	67,647,658	13,437	19.9	142,410,359	19,164	13.5	36,592,368	4,621	12.6
2020	16,785,009	3,022	18.0	67,664,401	14,991	22.2	142,779,669	19,691	13.8	37,785,698	4,090	10.8
2021	17,208,740	3,454	20.1	67,019,102	16,782	25.0	145,289,674	22,435	15.4	37,453,633	4,753	12.7
2022	17,239,226	3,228	18.7	68,207,079	15,727	23.1	144,843,869	22,324	15.4	39,163,430	5,070	12.9
2023	17,603,088	3,280	18.6	67,353,688	14,885	22.1	145,889,613	21,265	14.6	40,097,633	4,986	12.4

The rate of deaths per 100,000 people in 2023 peaked at ages 20-24 for male drivers (13.3) and at age 18 for male passengers (6.4). Death rates peaked at age 19 for female drivers (4.9) and at age 18 for female passengers (5.4).

Deaths in passenger vehicles per 100,000 people by seating position, age and sex, 2023

Deaths in passenger vehicles per 100,000 people by seating position, age and sex, 2023
Age	Male					Female					Total
	Population	Driver deaths		Passenger deaths		Population	Driver deaths		Passenger deaths		Population	Driver deaths		Passenger deaths
	Population	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Population	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Population	Number	Rate	Number	Rate
<13	26,065,242	1	0.0	295	1.1	24,905,952	0	0.0	262	1.1	50,971,194	1	0.0	557	1.1
13	2,161,119	3	0.1	37	1.7	2,057,895	0	0.0	22	1.1	4,219,014	3	0.1	59	1.4
14	2,205,676	14	0.6	49	2.2	2,102,597	1	0.0	18	0.9	4,308,273	15	0.3	67	1.6
15	2,290,485	19	0.8	84	3.7	2,181,907	6	0.3	51	2.3	4,472,392	25	0.6	135	3.0
16	2,287,751	96	4.2	106	4.6	2,178,189	42	1.9	53	2.4	4,465,940	138	3.1	159	3.6
17	2,248,723	206	9.2	104	4.6	2,146,325	77	3.6	83	3.9	4,395,048	283	6.4	187	4.3
18	2,228,634	279	12.5	143	6.4	2,128,851	100	4.7	94	4.4	4,357,485	379	8.7	237	5.4
19	2,241,042	283	12.6	98	4.4	2,143,573	104	4.9	77	3.6	4,384,615	387	8.8	175	4.0
20-24	11,126,811	1,481	13.3	452	4.1	10,684,361	500	4.7	325	3.0	21,811,172	1,981	9.1	777	3.6
25-29	11,175,898	1,331	11.9	284	2.5	10,842,462	484	4.5	218	2.0	22,018,360	1,815	8.2	502	2.3
30-59	64,599,025	5,778	8.9	786	1.2	64,415,862	2,232	3.5	804	1.2	129,014,887	8,010	6.2	1,590	1.2
60-69	19,462,714	1,608	8.3	186	1.0	20,936,168	668	3.2	305	1.5	40,398,882	2,276	5.6	491	1.2
70+	17,656,280	1,975	11.2	289	1.6	22,441,353	998	4.4	639	2.8	40,097,633	2,973	7.4	928	2.3

Based on calculations made using data from the National Household Travel Survey, the rate of fatal passenger vehicle crash involvements per 100 million miles traveled in 2016-17 was highest at ages 16-19 for male drivers and at ages 80 and over for female drivers.

Fatal passenger vehicle crash involvements per 100 million miles traveled by driver age and sex, April 1, 2016 – March 31, 2017
Age	Male			Female			Total*
Age	Crash involvements	Miles	Rate	Crash involvements	Miles	Rate	Crash involvements	Miles	Rate
16-19	2,019	31,732,691,896	6.4	1,003	30,677,731,652	3.3	3,024	62,410,423,548	4.8
20-24	3,898	89,913,330,623	4.3	1,713	82,245,489,504	2.1	5,618	172,158,820,127	3.3
25-29	3,429	97,584,235,223	3.5	1,533	115,903,021,775	1.3	4,964	213,487,256,997	2.3
30-59	12,875	785,270,175,131	1.6	6,011	558,224,868,022	1.1	18,889	1,343,495,043,154	1.4
60-69	3,019	207,918,951,320	1.5	1,380	136,711,746,704	1.0	4,401	344,630,698,024	1.3
70-79	1,754	85,010,352,002	2.1	807	54,430,675,479	1.5	2,563	139,441,027,481	1.8
80+	1,169	19,674,241,353	5.9	568	12,308,938,944	4.6	1,737	31,983,180,297	5.4
*Total includes other and/or unknowns

The rate of nighttime fatal passenger vehicle crash involvements per 100 million miles traveled in 2016-17 for male drivers ages 16-19 was almost 3 times that of male drivers ages 30-59. The corresponding comparison for females yields just over double the rate.

Nighttime (9 p.m. to 6 a.m.) fatal passenger vehicle crash involvements per 100 million miles traveled by driver age and sex, April 1, 2016 – March 31, 2017
Age	Male			Female
Age	Crash involvements	Miles	Rate	Crash involvements	Miles	Rate
16-19	788	4,931,226,605	16.0	300	2,916,766,045	10.3
20-24	1,788	12,749,476,470	14.0	662	11,332,793,419	5.8
25-29	1,565	12,346,988,856	12.7	555	6,306,786,823	8.8
30-59	4,372	79,775,321,852	5.5	1,480	35,496,839,100	4.2
60-69	592	15,786,500,196	3.8	196	7,501,060,309	2.6
70+	294	4,365,410,112	6.7	99	1,972,194,094	5.0

When teenagers died

In 2023, teenage crash deaths peaked in June.

Teenage motor vehicle crash deaths by month, 2023
Month	Deaths	%
January	234	8
February	198	6
March	204	7
April	249	8
May	254	8
June	315	10
July	275	9
August	280	9
September	261	9
October	289	9
November	233	8
December	256	8
Total	3,048	100

Fifty-three percent of motor vehicle crash deaths among teenagers in 2023 occurred on Friday, Saturday or Sunday.

Teenage motor vehicle crash deaths by day of week, 2023
Day of week	Deaths	%
Sunday	597	20
Monday	379	12
Tuesday	338	11
Wednesday	344	11
Thursday	369	12
Friday	441	15
Saturday	580	19
Total	3,048	100

Teenage motor vehicle crash deaths in 2023 occurred most frequently from 9 p.m. to midnight (20%), followed by the time between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. (16%) and between midnight and 3 a.m. (16%).

Teenage motor vehicle crash deaths by time of day, 2023
Time of day	Deaths	%
Midnight - 3 a.m.	480	16
3 a.m. - 6 a.m.	310	10
6 a.m. - 9 a.m.	279	9
9 a.m. - noon	168	6
Noon - 3 p.m.	274	9
3 p.m. - 6 p.m.	423	14
6 p.m. - 9 p.m.	486	16
9 p.m. - midnight	611	20
Total*	3,048	100
*Total includes other and/or unknowns

Alcohol involvement

Young drivers are less likely than adults to drive after drinking alcohol, but their crash risk is substantially higher when they do. This is especially true at low and moderate blood alcohol concentrations (BACs) (Vaos et al., 2012). The estimated percentage of fatally injured passenger vehicle drivers ages 16-17 who had BACs at or above 0.08% in 2023 was 26%. That is substantially lower than the 41% estimated in 1982, but the percentage has been climbing steadily since 2017.

Percent of fatally injured passenger vehicle drivers with BACs ≥ 0.08% by age, 1982-2023

Estimated percent and number of fatally injured passenger vehicle drivers with BACs ≥ 0.08% by age group, 1982-2023
Year	16-17 years			18-20 years			21-30 years			>30 years
	Drivers killed	Estimated drivers with BACs ≥ 0.08		Drivers killed	Estimated drivers with BACs ≥ 0.08		Drivers killed	Estimated drivers with BACs ≥ 0.08		Drivers killed	Estimated drivers with BACs ≥ 0.08
	Number	Number	%	Number	Number	%	Number	Number	%	Number	Number	%
1982	895	368	41	2,561	1,458	57	6,244	3,948	63	9,861	4,208	43
1983	899	345	38	2,427	1,336	55	6,053	3,859	64	9,845	3,943	40
1984	969	321	33	2,472	1,274	52	6,413	3,885	61	10,337	3,860	37
1985	935	250	27	2,292	1,009	44	6,263	3,659	58	10,441	3,713	36
1986	1,172	336	29	2,464	1,158	47	6,695	3,974	59	11,042	3,887	35
1987	1,192	311	26	2,438	1,004	41	6,802	3,975	58	11,579	4,016	35
1988	1,177	302	26	2,611	1,056	40	6,819	3,991	59	12,145	4,203	35
1989	1,060	234	22	2,476	991	40	6,475	3,675	57	12,401	4,272	34
1990	999	224	22	2,398	974	41	6,152	3,510	57	12,274	4,238	35
1991	902	193	21	2,119	852	40	5,623	3,183	57	11,801	3,993	34
1992	900	165	18	1,797	664	37	5,122	2,759	54	11,639	3,823	33
1993	935	152	16	1,870	643	34	5,065	2,658	52	12,038	3,851	32
1994	1,006	167	17	1,984	632	32	4,975	2,484	50	12,525	3,771	30
1995	1,015	150	15	1,968	575	29	5,081	2,585	51	13,247	4,155	31
1996	1,106	186	17	1,920	583	30	4,989	2,475	50	13,478	4,070	30
1997	1,090	180	17	1,946	594	31	4,775	2,275	48	13,777	4,004	29
1998	1,059	161	15	2,035	607	30	4,577	2,222	49	13,839	3,930	28
1999	1,092	172	16	2,169	677	31	4,653	2,260	49	13,870	3,866	28
2000	999	158	16	2,251	686	30	4,706	2,268	48	13,743	3,997	29
2001	993	132	13	2,254	691	31	4,735	2,358	50	13,790	4,005	29
2002	1,126	155	14	2,326	718	31	4,938	2,462	50	14,006	4,020	29
2003	994	159	16	2,266	699	31	4,852	2,308	48	13,957	3,930	28
2004	969	149	15	2,206	665	30	4,970	2,372	48	13,689	3,743	27
2005	879	132	15	2,106	603	29	5,067	2,492	49	13,809	3,852	28
2006	859	151	18	2,161	680	31	5,159	2,535	49	13,321	3,779	28
2007	775	133	17	1,953	633	32	5,028	2,592	52	12,697	3,675	29
2008	580	91	16	1,712	535	31	4,388	2,327	53	11,528	3,308	29
2009	503	69	14	1,546	540	35	3,870	2,020	52	10,869	3,156	29
2010	410	58	14	1,265	380	30	3,697	1,816	49	10,613	2,914	27
2011	422	78	18	1,300	410	32	3,612	1,747	48	10,193	2,820	28
2012	390	60	15	1,234	376	30	3,748	1,803	48	10,505	2,958	28
2013	302	31	10	1,079	328	30	3,671	1,788	49	10,492	2,958	28
2014	344	50	15	1,090	294	27	3,636	1,707	47	10,384	2,849	27
2015	381	53	14	1,210	295	24	3,860	1,658	43	11,134	2,901	26
2016	406	47	12	1,185	284	24	4,205	1,812	43	11,801	2,997	25
2017	375	48	13	1,108	274	25	4,057	1,721	42	12,168	3,066	25
2018	355	53	15	1,084	236	22	3,962	1,674	42	11,827	2,988	25
2019	295	50	17	1,039	236	23	3,639	1,552	43	11,869	2,946	25
2020	360	60	17	1,219	330	27	4,258	1,747	41	12,407	3,384	27
2021	409	73	18	1,311	338	26	4,520	1,943	43	14,034	3,822	27
2022	430	84	20	1,182	355	30	4,111	1,836	45	13,831	3,722	27
2023	421	109	26	1,158	362	31	3,748	1,669	45	12,927	3,468	27

Among all age groups of fatally injured drivers in 2023, females were less likely than males to have high BACs. Among fatally injured passenger vehicle drivers ages 16-17, 27% of males and 24% of females had BACs at or above 0.08%. Among fatally injured drivers ages 18-19, 31% of males and 28% of females had BACs at or above 0.08%.

Estimated number and percent of fatally injured passenger vehicle drivers with BACs ≥ 0.08% by sex and age, 2023
Age	Male			Female			Total*
	Drivers killed	Estimated drivers with BACs ≥ 0.08		Drivers killed	Estimated drivers with BACs ≥ 0.08		Drivers killed	Estimated drivers with BACs ≥ 0.08
	Number	Number	%	Number	Number	%	Number	Number	%
16-17	302	81	27	119	28	24	421	109	26
18-19	562	175	31	204	56	28	766	231	30
20	298	113	38	94	18	19	392	131	33
21-30	2,748	1,278	47	997	389	39	3,748	1,669	45
31-60	5,722	2,147	38	2,194	607	28	7,921	2,756	35
61-70	1,556	350	23	665	93	14	2,224	445	20
>70	1,849	194	10	932	73	8	2,782	267	10
All ages*	13,085	4,350	33	5,212	1,265	24	18,315	5,624	31
*Total includes other and/or unknowns