Every single day, it's determined that on average, 29 people across the United States lose their lives as a result of car crashes that involve drunk drivers. Because of it, that means that there's a death every 50 minutes! In 2016 alone, 28% of all traffic-related deaths in America involved alcohol-impaired drivers, which resulted in a total of 10,497 lives lost. Also, it's been estimated that 16% of the car crashes in the United States involve either drugs or alcohol.
This infographic from Smart Advocate incorporates data from the County Health Rankings for every county across the country (2014-2018), and ranks them based on their total number of alcohol-impaired driving fatalities. Over that time period, Los Angeles County in California had the highest number of drunk driving fatalities with 903. Also in the top three were Harris County, Texas (749) and Maricopa County, Arizona (566). Did your home county make the rankings?
Infographic by: www.smartadvocate.com
