Pennsylvania Drunk Driving Statistics
In 2010, 32,885 people died in traffic accidents, in the United States, an estimated 10,228 people who died in drunk driving crashes, of them 433 from DUI crashes in PA alone. This means that three people for every 100,000 Americans were killed in traffic crashes countrywide. This also means that 31% of all traffic deaths of 2010 could have been prevented….
PA DUI Stats – 2010
Repeat offenders stats:
- BAC = .15+ : 79.8%
- Percent of Drivers in Fatal Drunk Driving Crashes Involving Repeat Offenders w/BAC .15+
- BAC = .08-.14: 20.6%
- BAC = .15+: 79.4%
2010 PA Arrest Data
Driving under the influence:
- Under 18: 459
- Total: 51402
Liquor laws
- Under 18: 5758
- Total: 22405
Drunkenness
- Under 18: 305
- Total: 24949
Injury and Fatality Stats
- Total DUI fatalities: 433
- Underage DUI fatalities: 51
- DUI fatalities per 100k population: 3.4
- Underage DUI fatalities: per 100k population: 1.5
- Deaths in alcohol-related crashes: 459
- DUI occupant deaths (including the drunk driver and passengers): 91%, where 75% fatalities were the drunk drivers.
- Male drinking drivers in traffic crashes: 72%
- DUI crashes were during the hours of darkness: 72%
- Average number of DUI related crashes a day: 34
- Average number of deaths a day in DUI relatedf crashes: 1.3
- Average number of persons a day injured in DUI related crashes: 26
- DUI related crashes of total crashes: 10%
- Deaths in DUI related crashes of total deaths in crashes: 35%
- Ratio of mortality from DUI crashes to mortality from non DUI accidents :4.5
- Drivers killed in DUI related crashes: 335, of which 6.6% were non-drinking
- Passengers killed in DUI crashes: 80, of which 18.8% were going with a sober driver
- Pedestrians killed in DUI accidents: 41, of which 11 were not drunk
- The interval when the highest incidence of drunk driving crashes takes place: Midnight – 3:59 AM on Sunday
- Thirty-one (31%) percent of the driver deaths in the 16-20 age group were drinking drivers (increased from 27% in 2009)
