Drunk Driving Data

Number, Percent, and Rate of Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities in the United States, 1998-2007
Year	Total Fatalities	Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities
Year	Total Fatalities	Number	% of Total Fatalities	Fatality Rate Per 100 Million VMT
1998	41,501	12,546	30.2%	0.48
1999	41,717	12,555	30.1%	0.47
2000	41,945	13,324	31.8%	0.49
2001	42,196	13,290	31.5%	0.48
2002	43,005	13,472	31.3%	0.47
2003	42,884	13,096	30.5%	0.45
2004	42,836	13,099	30.6%	0.44
2005	43,510	13,582	31.2%	0.45
2006	42,078	13,491	31.6%	0.45
2007	41,059	12,998	31.7%	0.43

Total and Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities, 2007 and 2008, by State
State	2007			2008			2007 to 2008 Change
	Total Fatalities	Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities		Total Fatalities	Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities		Total Fatalities		Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities
	Total Fatalities	#	%	Total Fatalities	#	%	Change	% Change	Change	% Change
Alabama	1,110	377	34%	966	315	33%	-144	-13%	-62	-16%
Alaska	82	25	30%	62	21	33%	-20	-24%	-4	-16%
Arizona	1,071	337	32%	937	266	28%	-134	-13%	-71	-21%
Arkansas	649	181	28%	600	171	28%	-49	-7.8%	-10	-5.5%
California	3,995	1,132	28%	3,434	1,029	30%	-561	-14%	-103	-9.1%
Colorado	554	167	30%	548	173	32%	-6	-1.1%	+6	+3.6%
Connecticut	296	111	37%	264	86	32%	-32	-11%	-25	-23%
Delaware	117	47	41%	121	45	37%	+4	+3.4%	-2	-4.3%
Dist. of Columbia	44	16	37%	34	9	26%	-10	-23%	-7	-44%
Florida	3,213	917	29%	2,978	875	29%	-235	-7.3%	-42	-4.6%
Georgia	1,641	445	27%	1,493	416	28%	-148	-9.0%	-29	-6.5%
Hawaii	138	44	32%	107	42	39%	-31	-22%	-2	-4.5%
Idaho	252	71	28%	232	78	34%	-20	-7.9%	+7	+10%
Illinois	1,248	439	35%	1,043	362	35%	-205	-16%	-77	-18%
Indiana	898	224	25%	814	208	26%	-84	-9.4%	-16	-7.1%
Iowa	446	108	24%	412	89	22%	-34	-7.6%	-19	-18%
Kansas	416	109	26%	385	145	38%	-31	-7.5%	+36	+33%
Kentucky	864	212	25%	826	200	24%	-38	-4.4%	-12	-5.7%
Louisiana	993	375	38%	912	338	37%	-81	-8.2%	-37	-10%
Maine	183	66	36%	155	43	28%	-28	-15%	-23	-35%
Maryland	614	178	29%	591	152	26%	-23	-3.7%	-26	-15%
Massachusetts	434	155	36%	363	124	34%	-71	-16%	-31	-20%
Michigan	1,087	304	28%	980	282	29%	-107	-9.8%	-22	-7.2%
Minnesota	510	173	34%	456	135	30%	-54	-11%	-38	-22%
Mississippi	884	316	36%	783	266	34%	-101	-11%	-50	-16%
Missouri	992	333	34%	960	310	32%	-32	-3.2%	-23	-6.9%
Montana	277	105	38%	229	91	40%	-48	-17%	-14	-13%
Nebraska	256	77	30%	208	55	27%	-48	-19%	-22	-29%
Nevada	373	118	32%	324	107	33%	-49	-13%	-11	-9.3%
New Hampshire	129	34	26%	139	45	32%	+10	+7.8%	+11	+32%
New Jersey	724	201	28%	590	154	26%	-134	-19%	-47	-23%
New Mexico	413	132	32%	366	105	29%	-47	-11%	-27	-20%
New York	1,332	377	28%	1,231	341	28%	-101	-7.6%	-36	-9.5%
North Carolina	1,676	497	30%	1,433	423	30%	-243	-14%	-74	-15%
North Dakota	111	53	48%	104	47	46%	-7	-6.3%	-6	-11%
Ohio	1,255	389	31%	1,190	356	30%	-65	-5.2%	-33	-8.5%
Oklahoma	766	223	29%	749	244	33%	-17	-2.2%	+21	+9.4%
Oregon	455	148	33%	416	136	33%	-39	-8.6%	-12	-8.1%
Pennsylvania	1,491	504	34%	1,468	496	34%	-23	-1.5%	-8	-1.6%
Rhode Island	69	22	32%	65	25	38%	-4	-5.8%	+3	+14%
South Carolina	1,077	464	43%	920	403	44%	-157	-15%	-61	-13%
South Dakota	146	44	30%	119	34	29%	-27	-18%	-10	-23%
Tennessee	1,211	377	31%	1,035	327	32%	-176	-15%	-50	-13%
Texas	3,466	1,333	38%	3,382	1,269	38%	-84	-2.4%	-64	-4.8%
Utah	299	56	19%	275	46	17%	-24	-8.0%	-10	-18%
Vermont	66	22	34%	73	12	16%	+7	+11%	-10	-45%
Virginia	1,027	303	29%	824	294	36%	-203	-20%	-9	-3.0%
Washington	571	195	34%	521	182	35%	-50	-8.8%	-13	-6.7%
West Virginia	432	138	32%	380	128	34%	-52	-12%	-10	-7.2%
Wisconsin	756	314	42%	605	208	34%	-151	-20%	-106	-34%
Wyoming	150	50	33%	159	67	42%	+9	+6.0%	+17	+34%
U.S. Total	41,259	13,041	32%	37,261	11,773	32%	-3,996	-9.7%	-1,268	-9.7%
Puerto Rico	452	142	31%	399	132	33%	-53	-12%	-10	-7.0%

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