Drunk Driving Facts

Driving under the influence of alcohol, or DUI is the main cause of auto crashes in the United States, accounting for 600,000 alcohol related vehicle accidents.
The annual cost of these drunk driving accidents is over $73 billion a year
Somebody is injured in a DUI accident every 2 minutes and killed every 31 minutes in the United States.
40% of Americans have been in a DUI accident in their lifetime
The ratio of fatal DUI accidents is four times greater at night than in the daytime.
The ratio of men to women in DUI cases is more than double on a national level, but in San Diego County there are four times more men arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol than women.
Almost 90% of drunk drivers who were killed in a DUI accident weren’t wearing their seatbelt.
It is estimated that less than 1% of drunk drivers are caught each year in the United States.
There were 18,000 DUI accident deaths in 2006 in the United States, which was 40% of all motor vehicle crash deaths for that year.
Ignition interlock devices, or IID, are now mandatory for all DUI offenders in 9 states, but not in California.
Texas has the most lenient license suspension period for a first time DUI offense of 90 days, while Virginia has the longest of 12 months. California is 6 months.
In 2007 28% of teenagers killed in all car crashes in the United States had been drinking alcohol.
40% of all alcohol related deaths in the United States are caused by teenage drunk driving.