During the year 2007, alcohol-impaired driving was involved in the deaths of nearly 13,000 Americans.
Drunk driving causes approximately one-third of all traffic fatalities in the United States.
On average, someone in the U.S. is killed by a drunk driver every 40 minutes.
A drunk driving accident in 1988 killed 27 people and injured 34 others.
Every 51 minutes in America, someone is killed in a drunk driving crash.
For drivers under 21, the U.S. has a No Tolerance policy that does not allow any alcohol to be in the blood system while behind the wheel.
The consequences of drunk driving could include expensive fines, loss of license or jail.
Someone is injured in a drunk driving incident every 120 seconds.
Roughly 3 out of every 10 Americans will be in an alcohol-related traffic crash.
Approximately 1 out of every 139 licensed drivers in the United States is arrested annually for driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
In a recent survey, 62% of students in the eighth grade reported that getting their hands on alcohol is “very easy” or “fairly easy.”
Over 15,000 people die annually in alcohol-related traffic incidents.
Each year, Americans take over 159 million alcohol-impaired driving trips.
