According to MADD for Southwestern Ohio (governing Montgomery County), Montgomery County had 55 traffic fatalities for 2002.  Of those deaths, 40% were "alcohol related."  By MADD's definition, this means that at least one of the drivers, passengers or pedestrians involved in the accident had consumed some alcohol.  It does not mean that alcohol caused or even contributed to the accident.  This is important because this definition, left unchallenged creates (and perpetuates) the attack on social drinkers who do not disproportionately "cause" alcohol-related traffic deaths.  The statistic is stark, in that, when we look at the fifty-five (55) "alcohol related" deaths only two involved persons having a blood alcohol concentration of .01-.07. 

The related article can be found at: www.madd.org/oh/southwestern