NHTSA addresses traffic safety problems with a comprehensive range of approaches that have contributed to reductions in alcohol-related fatalities, including a focus on education and advising families on risks and safe practices, promoting vigorous enforcement of traffic safety laws, and fostering the development of new safety technologies to reduce risk exposure. Click here for full story.

New National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) research shows that between 2002 and 2006, nearly four fatalities out of 10 involved alcohol-impaired crashes in the last two weeks of December. The new study also found that 21-24 year-old drivers are involved in more alcohol-impaired fatal crashes than any other age group, announced NHTSA Acting Administrator David Kelly today. Click here for full story.

Between 2000 and 2003, NHTSA supported demonstration programs in seven States to reduce impaired driving using well-publicized and highly visible enforcement.  The projects were conducted in Georgia, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Indiana, and Michigan.  This report, "The Effectiveness of Seven Publicized Enforcement Demonstration Programs to Reduce Impaired Driving: Georgia, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Michigan, and Texas," Fell, J., Langston, E., Lacey, J. and Tippetts, S., DOT HS 810 940, PIRE, May 2008, describes the program evaluations conducted in each of these seven States.  Each State acted as a case study because the type and amount of publicity and enforcement differed substantially.  Download complete report here.

NHTSA Case Studies on Strategic Evaluation State Program - In 2002, NHTSA undertook a new approach that focused strategically on reducing alcohol-related crashes, injuries and deaths in States with especially high numbers and/or rates of alcohol-related fatalities.  The agency identified 13 States to participate in the Strategic Evaluation State (SES) initiative.  In 2005, NHTSA invited two additional States to participate.  This report, "Strategic Evaluation States Initiative - Case Studies of Alaska, Georgia and West Virginia," provides case studies of three States that participated in this program and had positive results.  The three States featured are Alaska, Georgia and West Virginia.  Download complete report here.

NHTSA:  The Effectiveness of Seven Publicized Enforcement Demonstration Programs to Reduce Impaired Driving: Georgia, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Michigan, and Texas    Between 2000 and 2003, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration funded seven alcohol demonstration projects designed to reduce impaired driving through well-publicized and highly visible enforcement.  The projects were conducted in seven States: Georgia, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Indiana, and Michigan.  This report describes the program evaluations conducted in all seven States. Download report here.

Join Together:  15 Percent of Americans Say They Drive Drunk, Report Finds.  About one in seven Americans admit to driving drunk, and states in the upper Midwest -- led by Wisconsin -- have the highest rates of DUI, according to a new government report.  To view the report click here.