NEW DATA SHOW DRINKING AGE LAWS SAVED 4,441 LIVES OVER 5 YEARS

Study Also Shows Other Safety Measures in Car Accidents

According to a recent report by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, minimum 21-year-old drinking age laws prevented an estimated 4,441 drunken driving deaths in the last five years alone.

NHTSA Acting Administrator David Kelly, who presented the report at a symposium on the subject led by Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) said, Minimum drinking age laws are among the most effective measures ever used to reduce drunken driving deaths among America's young people.

In addition to estimating lives saved due to 21-year-old minimum drinking age laws, the new NHTSA study shows that in 2007 alone: frontal air bags saved 2,788 passengers age 13 and older in car accidents; child safety seats saved 358 lives of children age 4 and under in car accidents; seat belts saved 15,147 and could have saved another 5,024 lives had they been worn by all vehicle occupants involved in fatal car crashes.

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