STATS AND FACTS ABOUT ALCOHOL AND IMPAIRED DRIVING
In Illinois in 1999:
In 2000 the number of alcohol related deaths was reduced to 614.
This was 43% of the total 1418 deaths.
(NHTSA,2002)
In 1999 48,587 DUI arrests were recorded by the Secretary of State's office. In 2000 it rose to 51,358.
(Illinois Secretary of State)
More than 91% of all drivers arrested for DUI, who were eligible, lost
their driving privileges.
(Illinois Secretary of State)
15 percent of those arrested for DUI are women, who represent 50
percent of all licensed drivers.
(Illinois Secretary of State)
Males ages 21-24 had the highest DUI arrest rate (27.7 per 1000
licensed drivers). This rate was four times greater than that of all other drivers arrested for DUI (6 per 1000).
(Illinois Secretary of State)
82 percent of all drivers arrested for DUI are first offenders, while 18
percent have had a previous DUI arrest within the pas five years.
(Illinois Secretary of State)
U.S. DUI Facts:
More than 300,000 people suffer injuries in alcohol-related crashes
each year, and average of one injury every two minutes.
(Illinois Secretary of State)
More than 51 percent of New Year's holiday motor vehicle fatalities are
alcohol-related.
(Illinois Secretary of State)
More than 1.5 million drivers are arrested for driving under the
influence of alcohol or other drugs each year.
(Illinois Secretary of State)
Alcohol is a factor in at least 39 percent of all fatal crashes.
(Illinois Secretary of State)
Alcohol related crashes, injuries and fatalities cost society more than
$45 Billion in lost productivity, medical care, property damage and
other direct expenditures annually.
(Illinois Secretary of State)
The leading causes of death ages 15-20 (1998)
Motor vehicle crashes – 35%
Homicide - 19%
Suicide - 13%
Other - 17%
(NHTSA 1998)
For the Southern 41 Illinois counties in 2000:
243 fatal crashes
Fatal crash rate of 1.52 per 100M VMT.
Fatal crash rate of 1.24 for the rest of Illinois.
37% (90) crashes were alcohol related.
8% involved the death of teen drivers.
45% of those were alcohol related.
(2000 Illinois State Police Research and Development Bureau)
Alcohol related fatal crashes by S.I.L.E.C. counties:
Bond - 3
Clinton - 3
Madison - 15
Monroe - 1
St. Clair - 17
Washington - 1
Randolph - 3
(2000 Illinois State Police Research and Development Bureau)
There is 1 alcohol related crash fatality every 33 minutes in the U.S.
(NHTSA, 1999)
Approximately three out or every ten adults will be involved in an alcohol-
Related traffic crash at some time in their lives.
(NHTSA, 1999)
Last year (2000), deaths caused by impaired drivers rose for the first time in five years from 15,976 to 16,653. This amounts to 39.8% of all traffic deaths.
(Associated Press/Belleville News Democrat-2001)
Each year, about 600,000 (10%) of all police-reported motor vehicle
crashes are alcohol-related.
(Illinois Department of Transportation/Division of Traffic Safety)
The profile of the average Illinois intoxicated driver is:
male (85 percent of those arrested are men)
34 years old (57 percent of those arrested are under 35)
arrested between 11 p.m. and 4 a.m.
caught driving with a BAC level of .16 percent
(Illinois Secretary of State)
The later in life a person starts drinking, the less likely the risk for
lifetime alcohol dependence.
(NHTSA 1998)
On a typical Friday or Saturday night, 1 out of every 7 drivers is drunk!
(NHTSA 2000)
The average DUI violator drives drunk 80 times a year!
(NHTSA 2000)
Over a three year period (1994-1996) Peoria, IL. experienced significant
reductions in violent crime, property crimes and traffic crashes when new
leadership placed an emphasis on traffic enforcement as a primary tool in
fighting crime. The results:
(Illinois Secretary of State)
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