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Fact
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Protecting
America from Impaired Drivers |
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Launched in December 1999, the national Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over Crackdown is a partnership of criminal justice and traffic safety partners in all 50 States that is committed to reducing deaths from impaired driving. Thanks to the combined efforts of thousands of devoted public and private partners, more than 150 million Americans have learned about the campaign from newspapers, the Internet, and from radio and television broadcasts. |
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Don't
Be a Statistic...In 2017 |
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10,874 people were killed in motor vehicle traffic crashes. These alcohol impaired-driving fatalities accounted for 29 percent of the total motor vehicle traffic fatalities in the United States. |
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Traffic fatalities in alcohol-impaired-driving crashes decreased by 1.1 percent from 10,996 in 2016 to 10,874 in 2017. |
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Alcohol impairment among drivers involved in fatal crashes was almost 4 times higher at night than during the day (32 percent versus 9 percent). |
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Twenty-eight percent of drivers involved in fatal crashes on weekends were alcohol-impaired, compared with 15 percent during the weekdays. |
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Twenty percent of fatalities in motor vehicle traffic crashes involved drivers or motorcycle riders with BACs of .08 or above — an average of one fatality every 48 minutes. |
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The percentage of drivers with BACs of .08 or above involved in fatal crashes was highest for motorcycle riders (27 percent), followed by passenger cars (21 percent) and drivers of light trucks (20 percent). |
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Twenty-seven percent of the 5,316 motorcycle riders who died in single-vehicle crashes had BACs of .08 or above. |
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In fatal crashes in 2017 the highest percentage of drivers with a BAC level of .08 or higher was for drivers ages 21 to 24 (27%), followed by ages 25 to 34 (26%) and 35 to 44 (23%). |
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Over 1 million drivers were arrested in 2011 for driving under the influence of alcohol or narcotics. About one-third of all drivers arrested or convicted of drunk driving are repeat offenders. |
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We have come to a crossroads in our efforts to prevent this deadly crime. America is at a crucial point where we must all do more as communities and as individuals if we are to make significant declines in the number of alcohol- and drug-related crashes. |
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The key to reversing this alarming trend is taking a systematic approach with law enforcement, prosecutors, judicial officials, traffic safety partners and individuals each doing their part, to protect innocent victims from impaired drivers. |
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It
Takes a Community Approach to Save Lives |
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Every year more than 1 million impaired drivers are arrested in the United States. However, for every one arrest, hundreds of other impaired drivers are not apprehended, putting all roadway users at risk. Repeat offenders account for a high number of alcohol-related crashes. |
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We have come to a crossroads in our efforts
to prevent this deadly crime. America is
at a crucial point where we must all do
more as communities and as individuals if
we are to make significant declines in the
number of alcohol- and drug-related crashes.
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The key to reversing this alarming trend
is taking a systematic approach with law
enforcement, prosecutors, judicial officials,
traffic safety partners and individuals
each doing their part, to protect innocent
victims from impaired drivers. |
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