Alcohol is an important factor in one-third of all pedestrian deaths.
Alcohol impairs the physical agility and balance.
It also adversely affects judgement and other thought processes. This is true whether the alcohol is in a driver or a pedestrian. The alcohol impaired driver is a major threat to pedestrians and all other road users. Researchers have found that for a pedestrian, a very high level of alcohol is associated with risk of being in a pedestrian crash. Alcohol impairment remains a very difficult problem.