Drunk Driving Statistics & DUI Facts | Carolina DUI Accident Lawyer

Everyone understands how dangerous, illegal, and wrong it is to drink and drive – but the actual statistics regarding drunk driving may be more shocking than you know. Below are some DUI facts that reveal what an enormous issue drunk driving is in our country and just how many lives are affected by drunk driving and drunk driving accidents.

• Over 11,000 people are killed in drunk driving accidents each year in the United States – and one person dies in a drunk driving accident every 45 minutes.
• Just under 1.5 million people are arrested for driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol each year. An estimated half of these drivers have suspended licenses.
• Half of all holiday driving accidents involve drunk driving and alcohol. More than half of all car accidents on weekends also involve drinking and driving.
• The average person arrested for drunk driving has driven drunk almost 100 times without getting caught before their DUI conviction.
• Alcohol-related car crashes cost the United States over $100 billion a year.
• According to MADD, thirty percent of people will be involved in a car crash involving alcohol at some point in their lives.
• About 1 in 140 drivers have been arrested for drunk driving.
• Males between the age of 18 and 35 are the most likely to be arrested for drunk driving.
• According to the CDC, an estimated 4,500 teens are killed each year in drunk driving accidents.
• In North Carolina, 31 percent of all serious & fatal traffic accidents involved alcohol. In 2006, 460 people died in North Carolina due to drunk driving accidents.
• In South Carolina, 46 percent of all fatal accidents involved alcohol and 477 South Carolina residents died in drunk driving accidents.

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