Indiana Drunk Driving Statistics
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135 people were
killed in crashes involving an impaired driver last year.
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In Indiana,
there were 4,907 crashes and 130 fatal crashes involving an
alcohol-impaired driver in 2010.
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Since 2006,
around one in every five fatal crashes on Indiana roadways
have involved an alcohol-impaired driver.
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Of the nearly
300,000 drivers in crashes last year, 4,928 of them were
legally impaired by alcohol.
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According to
2010 data, drivers with a history of convictions for
alcohol-impaired driving were more likely to have been
impaired in crashes than those without prior convictions.
Younger Drivers
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Last year, there
were 133 drivers in Indiana fatal crashes with a blood
alcohol content (BAC) result of .08 or higher – eight
percent of which were under age 21.
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Per 100,000
population, drivers age 21 to 24 are most likely to have
been alcohol-impaired in Indiana fatal crashes.
Motorcycles
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Operators of
motorcycles and mopeds continue to have higher incidences of
alcohol involvement than drivers of other vehicle types.
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There were
nearly 300 motorcycle and moped operators involved in
crashes last year who had been drinking. Twenty-seven (27)
of these individuals were killed as a result.
National Statistics
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It is illegal to get behind
the wheel with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of .08 or
higher.
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Yet according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA) , more than 10,000
people were killed in
U.S. highway crashes involving a driver or motorcycle rider
with an illegal BAC of .08 g/dL or higher in 2009 alone.
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Research also indicates that
young adult drivers are most often involved in
alcohol-related collisions.
In 2009, 8,976 people 21 to 34 years old were killed
in motor vehicle traffic crashes. Of those, 47 percent
(4,206) were killed in alcohol-impaired driving crashes.
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Alcohol impairment among
drivers involved in fatal crashes was four times higher at
night than during the day (37% versus 9%).
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Thirty-one percent of
drivers involved in fatal crashes on weekends were
alcohol-impaired, compared with 16 percent during the
weekdays.
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In 2009, 32 percent of
fatalities in motor vehicle traffic crashes involved drivers
or motorcycle riders with BACs of .08 or above — an average
of one fatality every 48 minutes.
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The percentage of drivers
with BACs of .08 or above involved in fatal crashes in 2009
was highest for motorcycle riders (29 percent), followed by
drivers of light trucks (23 percent) and passenger cars (23
percent).
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Forty-three percent of the
2,291 motorcycle riders who died in single-vehicle crashes
had BACs of .08 or above.
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The age groups of 45 to 49
and 40 to 44 had the highest percentages of impaired (BAC of
.08 or higher) motorcycle riders killed in fatal crashes —
41 percent and 38 percent, respectively.
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