Alcohol use, for either the driver or the pedestrian, was reported in almost of all traffic crashes involving pedestrian fatalities.

If we study the yearly reports on accidents that took place in the USA, the common percentage that is displayed every year rounds about a thirty percent of the total accidents. However, there is always a slight shift of 0.2 to 2.0 percent for the same, every year. So it is almost clear that 30% of the total accidents (in a year) occur due to alcohol.

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Alcohol use, pedestrian, was almost one-third of all ... crashes involving ... fatalities.

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