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Schedule A HPD Youth Alcohol Deterrence PROBLEM STATEMENT Identify the traffic safety related problem or deficiency that the proposed grant is intended to correct. Identify and gather appropriate data relevant to the problem. Collision/fatalities data appropriate to the identified problem and a brief analysis of the data is required. When available, three years of data should be presented and analyzed. When identifying the problem, take into consideration changes in population, traffic patterns and other demographic dynamics that may affect traffic safety. Impaired driving has perhaps the highest profile among all traffic safety issues. Alcohol countermeasure programs have been vigorously pursued for decades with aggressive campaigns in both the public and private sectors. Despite these efforts, impaired driving remains a highly difficult issue. Nationally, there were 33,808 traffic deaths in 2009, 10,839 or 32% of those were killed in crashes where at least one driver or non-occupant had a BAC of .08 g/dL or higher. Impaired driving continues to be a problem in Hawai'i. From 2006 to 2010, there were 628 traffic fatalities of which 309 or 49.2% were impaired-related. In 2009, of the 109 traffic fatalities 58 or 53.2% were alcohol-related. See Table I below: TABLE I Hawai,i Summary of Traffic Fatalities 2006-2010 Traffic Fatalities Impaired-Related Percent Impaired- Fatalities Related 2006 161 84 52.2% 2007 138 69 48.0% 2008 107 52 48.5% 2009 109 58 53.2% 2010 113 46 40.7% Total 628 309 49.2% In 2009, Table II shows the number of people killed by County and those that were impaired- related.