Drunk Driving Statistics Part 19

Thirty percent of Americans will be involved in an alcohol-related accident.

In 2006 more males than females aged 12 to 20 reported current alcohol use (29.2 vs. 27.4 percent, respectively), binge drinking (21.3 vs. 16.5 percent), and heavy drinking (7.9 vs. 4.3 percent) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. “Results from the 2006 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: National Findings,” Washington, DC: Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Applied Studies, 2007. http://oas.samhsa.gov/nsduh/2k6nsduh/2k6Results.cfm#Ch3

The No. 1 drug problem among our youth is alcohol. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. "Results from the 2002 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: National Findings." Office of Applied Studies, NHSDA Series H-22, DHHS Publication NO. SMA 03-3836: Rockville, MD. 2003.

Drunk Driving Statistics Part 5

Thirty percent of Americans will be involved in an alcohol-related accident.

Heavy drinking, binge drinking underage drinking, and drunk driving in most cases the drink of choice is beer. Rogers JD. Greenfield TK. Beer drinking accounts for most of the hazardous alcohol consumption reported in the United States. Journal of Studies on Alcohol. 60(6):732-9, 1999

On average the drunk driver has driven drunk 87 times before being arrested the first time for driving drunk. 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.