Driving Under-the-Influence (DUI) Statistics

Since 1986, the numbers of alcohol-related crashes and fatalities have been slowly decreasing. Alcohol-involved traffic fatalities decreased 21 percent from 1993 to 1996. Although alcohol involvement in traffic accidents has declined over the past 10 years, 31.6 percent of all traffic fatalities were still alcohol involved.

Alcohol-involved traffic fatalities have dropped by 57.3% since 1988.

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2000 CALIFORNIA STATE STATISTICS

• 3,730 people in California were killed in traffic crashes. 1,233 of these fatalities were a result of alcohol; this represents an average of one-third of all traffic fatalities in the State.

• 30,971 people suffered injuries in alcohol-related collisions statewide.


2000 NATIONAL STATISTICS

• 41,821 people were killed in traffic crashes.16,653 of these fatalities were a result of alcohol(40 percent of all highway deaths.).
• Over 300,000 people suffered injuries in alcohol related collisions.
• 31 percent of all fatal crashes involved a driver or non-occupant with a Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) of .10 percent or greater.
• 33 percent of all pedestrians aged 16 and above killed by motor vehicles, were intoxicated.


DRIVERS
• 8,146 intoxicated drivers were fatally injured in single-vehicle crashes. Intoxicated drivers represent 57% of all alcohol-related motor vehicle fatalities.
• More than 1.5 million drivers were arrested for driving under-the-influence of alcohol or narcotics. This is an arrest rate of 1 for every 121 licensed drivers in the United States.
• Nearly three-quarters of drivers convicted of driving while impaired are either frequent heavy drinkers or alcoholics.
• For every 100,000 licensed drivers, young drinking drivers are involved in fatal crashes at twice the rate of driver’s aged 21 and older.

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