What percentage of teen alcohol-related traffic fatalities typically result during Prom season?
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), nearly one-third of young people under age 21 killed in traffic accidents die from alcohol-related causes during April, May and June. These figures do not account for other fatalities due to illegal drug use such as Ecstasy and other “club drugs”. During typical Prom weekends in 2004, 46 percent of traffic deaths among 15-20 year-olds were alcohol-related. Of those alcohol-related fatalities, 69 percent involved a 15-20 year-old driver with alcohol in his/her system.
