Sobering Facts: Drunk Driving State Fact Sheets
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Find state-specific fact sheets below that provide a snapshot of alcohol-involved deaths and drunk driving and an overview of proven strategies to reduce or prevent drunk driving. View and download data, and identify strategies to help keep people safe on the road – every day.
About one in three traffic deaths in the United States involve a driver with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.08% or higher. Drivers with a BAC of 0.08% or higher (i.e., drunk drivers) are considered alcohol-impaired by law. Thanks to dedicated efforts, rates of drunk driving and alcohol-related fatal crashes have gone down in recent years. Still, drunk drivers got behind the wheel about 121 million times in 2012. Learn more about effective interventions for reducing and preventing drunk driving.
Sobering Facts: Drunk Driving State Fact Sheets
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Related CDC Web Pages
- Drunk Driving State Data and Maps
- What Works: Strategies to Reduce or Prevent Drunk Driving
- Impaired Driving: Get the Facts
- Drunk Driving US Map
- Drunk Driving Death Rates US Map
- Effects of Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC)
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Motor Vehicle Prioritizing Interventions and Cost Calculator for States (MV PICCS)
CDC offers a new interactive calculator to help state decision makers prioritize and select from a suite of 14 effective motor vehicle injury prevention interventions. MV PICCS is designed to calculate the expected number of injuries prevented and lives saved at the state level and the costs of implementation, while taking into account available resources.
- State-Based Motor Vehicle Data & Information
- Prevention Status Reports (PSRs): Motor Vehicle Injuries
Additional Resources
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CDC's Safe Driving Board on Pinterest
Help spread the word about the dangers of drunk driving. Visit the CDC Safe Driving Pinterest board for ready-to-share graphics and social media content.
Related Data Sources
- Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System: Prevalence Data and Data Analysis Tools
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data.cdc.gov
View and download dozens of motor vehicle datasets and visualizations, including charts and maps, on data.cdc.gov.
- Page last reviewed: March 22, 2016
- Page last updated: March 22, 2016
- Content source:
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
- National Center for Injury Prevention and Control,
- Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention