Many people believe that only alcoholics die from the effects of alcohol.

However a new study by CDC has shown that a whopping one in ten deaths between 2006 and 2010 were due to excessive drinking.

Some of the deaths were indeed due to the effects of long term alcohol abuse including deaths from liver and heart disease, but other deaths arose from binge drinking.

Binge drinking is defined as having more than five or more drinks in a single session for men and 4 or more for women. Binge drinking has led to the top three causes of death including motor vehicle accidents at 25 percent, homicide at 16 percent and accidental falls at 15 percent.

There are many ways in which alcohol can affect mortality but the study showed the number of binge drinkers to be higher than the regular alcoholics.

Excessive Drinking Death

As can be seen by the study, alcohol is deadly due to both accidents which stem from those under its influences, and alcohol related diseases. If you, or someone you know, have been the victim of a serious car accident involving a drunken driver, contact the Reno accident attorneys of Jolley Urga Woodbury & Little at (702) 699-7500 or contact us online today.

Every year approximately 40,000 people are injured and 1500 people are killed as a result of automobile accidents involving drowsy drivers. Many people may not be aware of the fact that, according to experts, those who drive while fatigued or drowsy may be every bit as impaired as those who drive under the influence of alcohol. As can be seen in the recent deadly automobile accident involving comedian Tracy Morgan, those who drive while drowsy present significant hazards to themselves and those with whom they share the road.

In the following video you can see firsthand the effects of driving while drowsy. In the first video a driver apparently falls asleep at the wheel and crashes into oncoming traffic. In the second video a drowsy driver crashes into a police car. All drivers and passengers in both accidents lived.

Virginia Tech researchers recently said that up to 20% of all accidents involve drowsy drivers. As such, the numbers of automobile accidents in general, and serious accidents in particular, could be dramatically reduced if people were simply to stop driving while fatigue or drowsy.

Driving while drowsy is never recommended. Not only does the practice put the driver in danger, but it also threatens everyone else sharing the roads with them. Especially as it relates to driving a tractor trailer, drowsy driving can be deadly. If you, or someone you know, have been the victim of a serious car accident involving a drowsy driver, contact the Reno accident attorneys of Jolley Urga Woodbury & Little at (702) 699-7500 or contact us online today.