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Drunk walking leads to pedestrian fatalities

By Joan Lowy
Published August 5, 2013 10:05pm ET
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Drunk walking leads to pedestrian fatalities
Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, center, and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Administrator (NHTSA) David Strickland, left. stand with students wearing crossing guard belts during a news conference outside the Transportation Department in Washington, Monday, Aug. 5, 2013. Secretary Foxx announced a new set of tools to help communities combat the rising number of pedestrian deaths that have occurred over the last two years. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) | Susan Walsh

WASHINGTON (AP) — Just as drinking and driving can be deadly, so can drinking and walking. Over a third of the pedestrians killed in 2011 had blood alcohol levels above the legal limit for driving, according to government data released Monday.

Thirty-five percent of those killed, or 1,547 pedestrians, had blood alcohol content levels of .08 or higher, the legal limit for driving, according to data reported to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration by state highway departments.

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