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Friends Don't Let Friends Drink & Drive
IntheWorldofOz,studentswhoDRINK andDRIVEdon't get killed,BUT....
In Ontario, Sixty-nine percent of young drivers (15-20 years old) of passenger vehicles involved in fatal crashes who had been drinking were unrestrained. Of the young drivers who had been drinking and were killed, 80 percent were unrestrained.
Thirty percent of 15-20 year old drivers killed in motor vehicle crashes during 2000 had been drinking. Twenty-one percent were intoxicated.
Fifty-four percent of teenage motor vehicle deaths in 2000 occurred on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Beer is the most popular alcoholic beverage among young people.
For ages 13-19, 53 percent of the deaths were drivers, 47 percent were passengers. Based only on the driving age population 16-19, 60 percent were drivers, 40 percent were passengers. At ages 13-15, more young people were killed as passengers than as drivers.
The intoxication rate for 16 to 20 year old drivers involved in fatal crashes in 2000 was 15 percent.
Twenty-six percent of young male drivers involved in fatal crashes in 2000 had been drinking at the time of the crash, compared with 13 percent of the young female drivers involved in fatal crashes.
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