Across the U.S., alcohol-related crashes take the lives of our friends or family every _____ minute.

2 answers:

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D. 45 minutes because according to https://www.cdc.gov/motorvehiclesafety/impaired_driving/impaired-drv_factsheet.html says that its every 48 minutes and 45 is the closest from the choices above.

astra-53 [7]3 years ago

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Answer:

A)32

Explanation:

According to the book <em>Forensic Medicine: Clinical and Pathological Aspects</em>, in the year 2000 there were 16,653 alcohol-related crashes, this corresponds to 40% of total craches in the U.S. It states that on average, every 32 minutes an alochol-related fatal accident occurs. It's important to consider that this data is from 2000.

In 2017, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration informed that every 48 minutes, those kind of accidents occured in the U.S. Showing that the numbers had fallen by a third.

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