Drunk Driving Charts

Traffic Fatalities by State and Highest BAC in the Crash, 2011
State	BAC=.00		BAC=.01-.07		BAC=.08+		BAC=.15+		BAC=.01+		Total Number
State	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Total Number
Alabama	586	65	50	6	259	29	173	19	309	35	894
Alaska	47	66	3	5	21	28	12	17	24	33	72
Arizona	536	65	48	6	215	26	146	18	263	32	825
Arkansas	350	64	39	7	156	28	113	21	194	35	549
California	1,896	68	112	4	774	28	528	19	886	32	2,791
Colorado	274	61	13	3	161	36	110	25	173	39	447
Connecticut	121	55	7	3	92	42	63	29	99	45	220
Delaware	56	56	3	3	41	41	31	31	43	44	99
Washington, D.C.	14	50	5	20	8	30	4	15	13	50	27
Florida	1,532	64	137	6	716	30	503	21	854	36	2,398
Georgia	900	74	46	4	277	23	189	15	323	26	1,223
Hawaii	50	50	6	6	44	44	24	24	50	50	100
Idaho	112	67	5	3	50	30	30	18	55	33	167
Illinois	593	65	44	5	278	30	175	19	323	35	918
Indiana	506	67	36	5	207	28	141	19	243	32	750
Iowa	264	73	14	4	83	23	56	16	96	27	360
Kansas	253	66	23	6	108	28	69	18	131	34	386
Kentucky	517	72	30	4	171	24	110	15	201	28	721
Louisiana	420	62	30	4	226	33	146	22	255	38	675
Maine	97	71	16	12	23	17	16	12	39	29	136
Maryland	293	60	30	6	162	33	98	20	192	40	485
Massachusetts	204	61	15	5	114	34	76	23	130	39	337
Michigan	593	67	39	4	255	29	170	19	294	33	889
Minnesota	233	63	22	6	109	30	77	21	131	36	368
Mississippi	467	74	14	2	149	24	105	17	163	26	630
Missouri	479	61	40	5	258	33	174	22	299	38	784
Montana	119	57	8	4	81	39	59	28	88	42	209
Nebraska	127	70	8	5	45	25	36	20	54	30	181
Nevada	155	63	21	9	70	28	41	17	91	37	246
New Hampshire	61	68	2	2	27	30	23	26	29	32	90
New Jersey	398	63	34	5	193	31	121	19	227	36	627
New Mexico	233	66	14	4	105	30	72	20	119	34	353
New York	781	67	72	5	315	27	209	18	387	33	1,169
North Carolina	807	66	52	6	365	30	252	21	417	34	1,227
North Dakota	81	55	3	4	64	43	53	36	67	45	148
Ohio	654	64	42	2	316	31	228	22	358	35	1,016
Oklahoma	448	64	29	4	220	32	155	22	249	36	696
Oregon	215	65	18	4	97	29	75	23	116	35	331
Pennsylvania	819	64	58	4	407	32	301	23	464	36	1,286
Rhode Island	39	59	3	4	24	37	16	24	27	41	66
South Carolina	448	54	65	8	315	38	210	25	379	46	828
South Dakota	74	66	5	4	33	29	26	24	37	34	111
Tennessee	639	68	50	5	257	27	165	17	307	32	946
Texas	1,614	54	184	6	1,213	40	831	28	1,397	46	3,016
Utah	177	74	10	4	53	22	32	13	63	26	240
Vermont	31	56	5	9	18	33	12	22	23	42	55
Virginia	488	64	50	7	224	29	151	20	274	36	764
Washington	275	60	26	6	156	34	114	25	182	40	457
West Virginia	229	68	16	5	90	27	64	19	106	32	337
Wisconsin	354	61	31	5	196	34	144	25	227	39	582
Wyoming	94	69	3	2	38	28	25	18	41	31	135
National	20,752	64	1,633	5	9,878	31	6,753	21	11,510	36	32,367
Puerto Rico	359	64	27	8	101	28	62	17	128	36	359

Note: NHTSA estimates alcohol involvement when alcohol test results are known.

Fatalities, by Role, in Crashes Involving at Least One Driver with a BAC of .08 or Higher, 2011
Role	Number	Percent of Total
Driver with BAC=.08+	6,507	66%
Passenger Riding with Driver with BAC=.08+	1,612	16%
Occupants of Other Vehicles	1,049	11%
Nonoccupants	710	7%
Total Fatalities	9,878	100.0%

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