Drunk driving contributed to more than 10,000 crash deaths.Not using seat belts, car seats, and booster seats contributed to over 9,500 crash deaths.Major risk factors for crash deaths in the US. These deaths cost more than $380 million in direct medical costs. There were more than 32,000 crash deaths in the US in 2013. Motor vehicle crash deaths in the US are still too high. Drive without distractions (such as using a cell phone or texting).Choose not to drive while impaired by alcohol or drugs, and help others do the same.Make sure children are always properly buckled in the back seat in a car seat, booster seat, or seat belt, whichever is appropriate for their age, height, and weight.Use a seat belt in every seat, on every trip, no matter how short.Lower death rates in other high-income countries and a high percentage of risk factors in the US suggest that we can make more progress in reducing crash deaths. One in 3 crash deaths in the US involved drunk driving, and almost 1 in 3 involved speeding. In the US, front seat belt use was lower than in most other comparison countries. In 2013, the US crash death rate was more than twice the average of other high-income countries. However, more than 32,000 people are killed and 2 million are injured each year from motor vehicle crashes. One month ago, Lara's 4-year-old son, Kaisyn Bentacur, was killed when the golf cart he was in was hit by an alleged drunk driver.Reducing motor vehicle crash deaths was one of the great public health achievements of the 20th century for the US.

'We're really never going to have them back.' 'Their one-month mark hit (Tuesday), and it's, like, replaying,' Jocelyn Lara explained. 6 crash at the intersection of Avenue R and 33rd Street is one that a mom can't get out of her head. GALVESTON, Texas (KTRK) - A month after four people were killed in Galveston when an alleged drunk driver hit the golf cart they were on, their family is speaking for the first time and calling for change. A month since then, a lawsuit has been filed against two establishments alleged to have served the suspect driver the day of the crash. The first of three recent Galveston DWI crashes involved the deaths of four family members on a golf cart, including two children.

Drunk drivers killed two to four times