JMMS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING
FACTS ABOUT ALCOHOL RELATED ACCIDENTS
- On
average, someone in the U.S. is killed by a drunk driver every 40 minutes.
- Drunk
driving causes approximately one-third of all traffic fatalities in the United
States.
- Over
1 million drivers were arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol in 2007.
- This
number is less than 1% of the 159 million self-reported episodes of drunk
driving in that year.
- Approximately
75% of fatal crashes occurring between midnight and 3 a.m. involve alcohol.
- In
2006 there were 17,941 driving fatalities related to alcohol. This was 41
percent of the total 43,000 fatalities.
- Most
people with DUI’s are not alcoholics.
- 18-20
year olds are responsible for more than 10 percent of the drunken driving trips
in America.
- In
2003 about 1 in 135 drivers were arrested for DUI. That’s about 1.4 million
people.
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