National Statistics on Impaired Driving.
Explore what’s happening by the numbers when it comes to impaired driving.
Every day, about 32 people in the United States die in drunk-driving crashes—that’s one person every 44 minutes.
In 2024, 11,904 people died in alcohol-impaired driving traffic crashes.
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) indicated that drugs are present in roughly 44% of fatally injured drivers with known test results.
Cannabinoids continue to be the most prevalent drug in the systems of fatally injured drivers.
The rate of alcohol impairment among drivers involved in fatal crashes was 3.6X higher at night than during the day.
Impaired driving fatalities involving individuals under the age of 21 have decreased by 83%.
Unfortunately, the 21- to 24- year-old age group had the highest percentage. 27% of drivers with BACs of .08 or higher are in fatal crashes.