Distracted driving vs drunk driving. NHTSA stats:

Apr 24, 2019
7:12:58am

demon_llama All-American

Earlier a discussion got me thinking. Which is actually more deadly?

Drunk driving kills about 10,000 per year.

Drunk Driving

Every day, almost 30 people in the United States die in drunk-driving crashes—that's one person every 48 minutes in 2017. These deaths have fallen by a third in the last three decades; however, drunk-driving crashes claim more than 10,000 lives per year. In 2010, the most recent year for which cost data is available, these deaths and damages contributed to a cost of $44 billion that year.

https://www.nhtsa.gov/risky-driving/drunk-driving

Distracted driving only kills a little over 3,000 per year.

NHTSA

U Drive. U Text. U Pay.

Distracted driving is dangerous, claiming 3,166 lives in 2017 alone. NHTSA leads the national effort to save lives by preventing this dangerous behavior. Get the facts, get involved, and help us keep America’s roads safe.

https://www.nhtsa.gov/risky-driving/distracted-driving