Drunk driving deaths declined last year, both overall and in 28 of the 50 states (plus D.C. and Puerto Rico).

So guess what the headline says?

Incidentally, if you adjust for only those accidents where a clearly drunk driver caused the death of someone else, the real number has traditionally been about a fourth of what NHTSA reports. So figure the real number of drunk driving deaths to be around 3,000.

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