From 1983 through 1998, at least 137,338 people died and 99,812 people were injured in fatal crashes involving hard core drinking drivers, a term used in this report to include repeat offender drinking drivers as well as offenders with high blood-alcohol concentrations. In 1998 alone, hard core drinking drivers were involved in a minimum of 6,370 highway fatalities, the estimated cost of which was at least $5.3 billion.
| Author: National Transportation Safety Board |
| Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
| Publication Date: Feb 19, 2014 |
| Number of Pages: 96 pages |
| Binding: Paperback or Softback |
| ISBN-10: 1495446913 |
| ISBN-13: 9781495446917 |