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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Motor Vehicle Injury – Alcohol-Impaired Driving: 0.08% Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) Laws

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Systematic Review

Source: The Guide to Community Preventive Services

Last Reviewed: August 2000

Workgroups: Substance Use Workgroup, Injury and Violence Prevention Workgroup

The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) recommends laws requiring drivers’ blood alcohol concentration to stay below 0.08 percent. CPSTF found that these laws reduce deaths from alcohol-related motor vehicle crashes. 

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Objectives related to this resource (1)

Reduce the proportion of motor vehicle crash deaths that involve a drunk driver — SU‑11
Getting worse

Suggested Citation

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Guide to Community Preventive Services. (2002). Motor vehicle injury - alcohol-impaired driving: 0.08% blood alcohol concentration (BAC) laws. Retrieved from https://www.thecommunityguide.org/findings/motor-vehicle-injury-alcohol-impaired-driving-008-blood-alcohol-concentration-bac-laws