TY - JOUR PY - 1994// TI - Motor-vehicle-related deaths involving intoxicated pedestrians--United States, 1982-1992 JO - MMWR: Morbidity and mortality weekly report A1 - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA, SP - 249 EP - 253 VL - 43 IS - 14 N2 - Pedestrians account for 14% of all motor-vehicle-related deaths and approximately 3% of all motor-vehicle-related injuries in the United States. In 1992, a total of 5,546 pedestrians were killed as a result of motor-vehicle crashes, and 96,000 suffered nonfatal injuries. Because of the effects of alcohol on attention, perception, vision, judgment, and motor control, intoxicated pedestrians are at increased risk for unintentional injury. Although alcohol consumption by pedestrians is an important contributing factor to motor-vehicle crashes in which pedestrians are injured, characteristics of intoxicated pedestrians who are killed as a result of such crashes have not been well defined. This report uses data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) Fatal Accident Reporting System for 1982-1992 to characterize intoxicated pedestrians aged > 14 years who were killed as a result of motor-vehicle-related crashes. LA - en SN - 0149-2195 UR - http://dx.doi.org/ ID - ref1 ER -