Drunk driving facts

  • Half of all holiday driving fatalities are alcohol-related.
  • 39 percent of all the casualties that take place in America is due to drunk driving.
  • About eighty percent of alcohol-related fatalities are caused by beer consumption.
  • In the United States, three out of ten people are involved in accidents related to drunk driving, at least once in their lives.
  • The majority of states in America have an alcohol limit of 0.08%.
  • 18-20 year olds are responsible for more than 10% of the drunken driving trips in the United States.
  • Accidents related to drunk driving take place every 45 minutes in America.
  • In Australia drunk driving is named "drink driving".
  • Young males are reported to have a much higher rate of drunk driving than females.
  • Worldwide, one out of every 50 deaths are caused by road accidents. 
  • Every day, between 30 and 40 people in America die in car accidents due to drunk driving.