Alcohol-related crashes and deaths in Michigan dropped over the past decade.
Michigan had 4,007 crashes linked to alcohol in 2010, down 38 percent from 6,485 in 2001, according to police records. The state had 264 fatal crashes in 2010 that involved drinking, compared with 419 in 2001 — a 37 percent drop.
Crashes of all kinds killed 937 people in Michigan in 2010, down 29 percent from 1,328 in 2001, according to a state police report in May.
Nationally, fatal crashes involving drunk drivers dropped 4.9 percent from 2009 to 2010, the National Highway Safety Administration reported.
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