Impaired Driving

Did you know?

Impaired driving is often a symptom of a larger problem: alcohol misuse and abuse.
Alcohol-impaired motor vehicle crashes cost more than an estimated $37 billion annually.
In 2010, more than 10,000 people died in alcohol-impaired driving crashes - one every 51 minutes.

State Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) Testing and Reporting for Drivers Involved in Fatal Crashes:Current Practices, Results, and Strategies, 1997-2009
This report documents current State blood alcohol concentration (BAC) testing and reporting practices and results for drivers involved in fatal crashes. It summarizes known BAC results by State for the years 1997 to 2009 for both fatally injured and surviving drivers.
Community-Based Impaired-Driving Programs: Local Ordinances and Other Strategies Addressing Impaired Driving
This publication is divided into three primary sections: (1) understanding a community’s impaired-driving problem, (2) strategies that reduce impaired driving, and (3) references and appendix.
Transdermal Alcohol Monitoring: Case Studies
Six programs were selected for case study. Information from these six case studies revealed that: (a) use of transdermal alcohol monitoring of DWI offenders is increasing; (b) transdermal alcohol monitoring appears to reliably monitor alcohol use by offenders and thus is beneficial to officials; (c) transdermal-monitoring devices appear not to have any insurmountable problems.
Case Studies Of Ignition Interlock Programs
This guide is the result of a multi-phased effort involving a scan of relevant literature, informal discussions with interlock experts and program administrators, a case study selection process, and site visits to each selected program.