Drunk Driving Statistics

Drunk Driving StatisticsSINCE THE FOUNDATION OF THE MOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING (MADD) IN 1980, THE NUMBER OF DEATHS CAUSED BY DRUNK DRIVING IN THE UNITED STATES HAS DECREASED BY 50 PERCENT.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration FARS data, 2012.

ACCORDING TO A NUMBER OF STUDIES, NEARLY 50 TO 75 PERCENT OF ALL CONVICTED DRIVERS ARE STILL ON THE ROAD EVEN IF THEIR LICENSE TO DRIVE HAS BEEN SUSPENDED.

(Peck, R.C., Wilson, R. J., and Sutton, L. 1995. “Driver license strategies for controlling the persistent DUI offender, Strategies for Dealing with the intent Drinking Driver.” Transportation Research Board, Transportation Research Circular No. 437. Washington, D.C. National Research Council: 48-49 and Beck, KH, et al. “Effects of Ignition Interlock License Restrictions on Drivers with Multiple Alcohol Offenses: A Randomized Trial in Maryland.” American Journal of Public Health, 89 vol. 11 (1999): 1696-1700.)

ON AVERAGE, A DRUNK DRIVER CAN DRIVE 80 TIMES BEFORE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES CAN TAKE NOTE OF THEIR ACTIVITIES AND ARREST THEM.

(Centers for Disease Control. “Vital Signs: Alcohol-Impaired Driving Among Adults — United States, 2010.” Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. October 4, 2011.)

WHEN IT COMES TO DRUNK DRIVING, IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THE MAIN OFFENDERS ARE DRIVERS THAT BELONG TO THE 21 TO 25-YEAR-OLD RANGE, WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR 23.4 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL POPULATION WHICH IS THE HIGHEST AMONGST ALL DEMOGRAPHICS.

(Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. “Results from the 2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: Summary of National Findings.” September 2011.)

IT IS SAID THAT THE BEST APPROACH TO SOBER UP IS TO REST AND LET TIME PASS BY. THIS IS A BETTER TECHNIQUE THEN HAVING A COLD SHOWER, DOING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY OR EVEN DRINKING A STRONG COFFEE.

(Michigan State University. “Basic Alcohol Information.” East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University, 2003.)

DRUNK DRIVING ACCIDENTS INJURE ONE PERSON EVERY TWO MINUTES.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. “The Economic and Societal Impact Of Motor Vehicle Crashes, 2010.” National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, May 2014, DOT HS 812 013. http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/812013.pdf.

EXPENDITURES FOR CASES INVOLVING DRUNK DRIVING IN THE UNITED STATES COSTS $199 BILLION EVERY YEAR.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. “The Economic and Societal Impact Of Motor Vehicle Crashes, 2010.” National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, May 2014, DOT HS 812 013. http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/812013.pdf.

TWO OUT OF THREE PEOPLE HAVE THE POSSIBILITY OF BEING INVOLVED IN A DRUNK DRIVING ACCIDENT IN THEIR LIFETIME.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. “The Economic and Societal Impact Of Motor Vehicle Crashes, 2010.” National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, May 2014, DOT HS 812 013. http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/812013.pdf.

IN THE UNITED STATES, THE AVERAGE ADULT SPENDS $800 PER YEAR IN DRUNK DRIVING CASES.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. “The Economic and Societal Impact Of Motor Vehicle Crashes, 2010.” National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, May 2014, DOT HS 812 013. http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/812013.pdf.

29.1 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES HAVE ADMITTED THAT THEY HAVE DROVE UNDER THE INFLUENCE, WHICH IS MORE THEN THE ENTIRE POPULATION OF TEXAS.

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Results from the 2012 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: Summary of National Findings, NSDUH Series H-46, HHS Publication No. (SMA) 13-4795. Rockville, MD: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2013.

28 PEOPLE DIE EVERYDAY IN AMERICA DUE TO DRUNK DRIVING ACCIDENTS.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration FARS data, 2014. http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/812102.pdf

IN 2013, DRUNK DRIVING CRASHES CAUSED 10,076 PEOPLE TO DIE EVERY 52 MINUTES AND 290,000 PEOPLE TO BE INJURED.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration FARS data, 2014. http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/812102.pdf

TIME OF DAY

IN 2011, THE NUMBER OF DRUNK DRIVING FATAL CRASHES WAS 4.5 TIMES HIGHER DURING NIGHT TIME COMPARED TO DAYTIME.

(National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. “Traffic Safety Facts 2011: Alcohol-Impaired Driving” Washington DC: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 2012.)

IN 2011, 31 PERCENT OF ALL DRIVERS INVOLVED IN FATAL CRASHES DURING WEEKENDS WERE DRUNK, WHILE 15 PERCENT WHERE FOUND TO BE DRUNK DURING WEEKDAYS.

(National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. “Traffic Safety Facts 2011: Alcohol-Impaired Driving” Washington DC: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 2012.)

CHILDREN

IN 2013, 1,149 CHILDREN AGES 14 AND BELOW WERE INVOLVED IN FATAL VEHICULAR TRAFFIC CRASHES. 200 OF THESE ARE LINKED TO DRUNK DRIVING CASES WHICH IS 17 % OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF INCIDENCES. OF THE 200 CASES, 121 OR 61 % OF THE CITED CASES WERE PASSENGERS OF THE VEHICLES WHERE THE DRIVERS HAD A BAC OF AT LEAST 0.8 PERCENT. AND ANOTHER 29 YOUNG INDIVIDUALS OR 15% WERE PEDESTRIANS WHO WERE HIT BY VEHICLES DRIVEN BY DRIVERS WITH A BAC OF AT LEAST 0.8 PERCENT.

NHTSA data query, 2013.

ALCOHOL IMPAIRMENT

ALCOHOL IMPAIRMENT IS DETERMINED BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF ALCOHOL CONSUMED RATHER THAN THE TYPE OF DRINK.

(Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. “Q&A: Alcohol: General.” Arlington, VA: National Highway Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, March 2012.)

USING INDUSTRY STANDARDS, THE STANDARD DRINK REFERS TO 12 OUNCES OF BEER, 1.5 OUNCES OF DISTILLED SPIRITS, OR 5 OUNCES OF WINE, ALL THESE CONTAIN THE SAME ALCOHOL CONTENT.

(National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. “Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention in the Medical Setting.” DOT HS 809 467. Washington, DC: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, July 2002.)

THE ALCOHOL METABOLISM OF AN AVERAGE PERSON IS ABOUT A ONE DRINK EVERY HOUR.

(Michigan State University. “Basic Alcohol Information.” East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University, 2003.)

DRUNK DRIVER DEMOGRAPHICS

MALES ARE MORE LIKELY TO DRIVE DRUNK THAN FEMALES.

(Federal Bureau of Investigation, “Crime in the United States: 2011”)

IN 2011, THE HIGHEST DEMOGRAPHIC OF DRIVERS WHO WERE INVOLVED IN FATAL CRASHES WERE 21 TO 24 YEARS OF AGE (32%), FOLLOWED BY DRIVERS WITH AGES FROM 25 TO 34 (30%), AND DRIVERS WITH AGES FROM 35 TO 44 (24%).

(National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. “Traffic Safety Facts 2011: Alcohol-Impaired Driving” Washington DC: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 2012.)

Arrests

IN 2011, MORE THAN 1.2 MILLION DRIVERS ARRESTED WERE FOUND TO BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF NARCOTICS OR ALCOHOL.

Federal Bureau of Investigation, “Crime in the United States: 2013”

ALMOST 300,000 PEOPLE DRIVE DRUNK EVERY DAY, BUT ONLY ROUGHLY 4,000 OF THESE INSTANCES GET THE ATTENTION OF LAW ENFORCERS WHICH RESULT IN ARRESTS.

Federal Bureau of Investigation, “Crime in the United States: 2013”

REPEAT OFFENDERS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE ARRESTED AND CONVICTED FOR DRUNK DRIVING, WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR ABOUT ONE-THIRD OF ALL CASES.

(Fell, Jim. “Repeat DWI Offenders in the United States.” Washington, DC: National Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Traffic Tech No. 85, February 1995.)

 

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