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California Leads National Decrease in Drunk Driving Stats

By Steven Rodriguez

California posted the greatest decrease in drunken driving deaths last year according to data released by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Nationwide alcohol-related traffic fatalities decreased by 4% from 2006 with fatality rates falling in 32 states. California had 117 fewer alcohol-impaired driving deaths in 2007. A driver is considered drunk when he has a blood-alcohol concentration of 0.08%. According to the study, 15% of all drivers reported driving under the influence of alcohol at some time during the past year. In 2007 nearly 13,000 people died in vehicle crashes involving a drunk driver, down from 13,500 in 2006. Led by Wisconsin where more than a quarter of adult motorists reported driving drunk, states in the upper Midwest posted the worst drunk-driving rates in the country...continue to full post

Full post as published by LA Criminal Defense Blog on September 22, 2008 (boomark / email).