Sobering Facts: Drunk Driving State Fact Sheets

State-specific fact sheets provide a snapshot of alcohol-involved deaths and drunk driving and an overview of proven strategies to reduce or prevent drunk driving. About one in three traffic deaths in the United States involve a driver with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.08% or higher. Drivers with a BAC of 0.08% or higher (i.e., drunk drivers) are considered alcohol-impaired by law. Thanks to dedicated efforts, rates of drunk driving and alcohol-related fatal crashes have gone down in recent years. Still, drunk drivers got behind the wheel about 112 million times in 2010. Each state fact sheet includes number of alcohol-involved deaths by age and gender, percentage of adults who report driving after drinking to much, an overview of drunk driving laws, and strategies to reduce or prevent drunk driving.

• Record URL:
  • http://www.cdc.gov/motorvehiclesafety/impaired_driving/states.html
• Supplemental Notes:
  • View and download data at http://www.cdc.gov/motorvehiclesafety/impaired_driving/states-data-tables.html. Identify strategies to help keep people safe on the road at http://www.cdc.gov/motorvehiclesafety/impaired_driving/strategies.html.
• Corporate Authors:

  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

  National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
  Atlanta, GA  United States 
• Publication Date: 2014

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: 2p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age groups; Drunk drivers; Drunk driving; Fatalities; Gender; Highway safety; State laws; States
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01554448
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 26 2015 9:50AM