Drunk Driving Statistics

Since 1982, alcohol-related accident fatalities on our nation's roadways have decreased by 44%, largely due to awareness campaigns. Among people under 21 these fatalities have decreased 71%. However, thousands of people are still dying every year in alcohol related crashes, and several hundred thousand people are injured. The table belows shows the state-by-state auto accident fatalities in  the year 2008 along with the percentage of car crash fatalities in that state involving a driver who had .08% blood-alcohol content or higher. Statistics for 2009 are not yet available.

 

2008 Total Auto Accident Fatalities and Drunk Driving Deaths in the United States
State # of
Crash
Deaths 		Drunk
Driving
Deaths 		%
of
Total 		State # of
Crash
Deaths 		Drunk
Driving
Deaths

%
of
Total
Alabama 966 315 33% Montana 229 91 40%
Alaska 62 21 34% Nebraska 208 55 26%
Arizona 937 266 28% Nevada 324 107 33%
Arkansas 600 171 29% New Hampshire 139 45 32%
California 3,434 1,029 30% New Jersey 590 154 26%
Colorado 548 173 32% New Mexico 366 105 29%
Connecticut 264 86 33% New York 1,231 341 28%
Delaware 121 45 37% North Carolina 1,433 423 30%
D.C. 34 9 26% North Dakota 104 47 45%
Florida 2,978 875 29% Ohio 1,190 356 30%
Georgia 1,493 416 28% Oklahoma 749 244 33%
Hawaii 107 42 40% Oregon 416 136 33%
Idaho 232 78 34% Pennsylvania 1,468 496 34%
Illinois 1,043 362 35% Rhode Island 65 25 38%
Indiana 814 208 26% South Carolina 920 403 44%
Iowa 412 89 22% South Dakota 119 34 29%
Kansas 385 145 38% Tennessee 1,035 327 32%
Kentucky 826 200 24% Texas 3,382 1,269 38%
Louisiana 912 338 37% Utah 275 46 17%
Maine 155 43 28% Vermont 73 12 16%
Maryland 591 152 26% Virginia 824 294 36%
Massachusetts 363 124 34% Washington 521 182 35%
Michigan 980 282 28% West Virginia 380 128 34%
Minnesota 456 135 30% Wisconsin 605 208 34%
Mississippi 783 266 34% Wyoming 159 67 42%
Missouri 960 310 33% Total U.S. 37,261 11,773 32%