2010 Male DUI Arrestees by Ethnicity
2010 DUI Arrests by Gender
California DUI Arrest Rate by Year
2010 Female DUI Arrestees by Ethnicity
Did You Know?
- 31% of DUI offenders originally convicted in 1994 reoffended at least once by 2010.
- 88% of 1st time DUI offenders in 2009 completed their mandated DUI program following conviction.
- Only 41.4% of 2nd time DUI offenders in 2009 completed their mandated DUI program following conviction.
- In 2009 the average BAC of DUI offenders involved in alcohol related crashes was 0.16.
- Over 1.41 million drivers were arrested in 2010 for driving under the influence of alcohol or narcotics.
- The standard drink contains about 0.54 ounces of alcohol regardless of type of alcohol; 12 ounces of beer, 5 ounces of wine, 1.5 ounces of 72 proof distilled spirit.
- Alcohol impairment among drivers involved in fatal crashes in 2010 was four times higher at night than during the day.
- In 2010, adult drove drunk about 112 million times. This comes out to almost 300,000 incidents of drunk driving per day.
- Drunk driving costs the United States $132 billion per year.
- 50-75% of convicted drunk drivers continue to drive on a suspended license.
- Drunk driving costs each adult in the United States about $500 per year.
- 9,878 people died in drunk driving crashes in 2011. This averages to about one every 53 minutes; 27 per day.
- A person is injured in a drunk driving crash about every 90 seconds.
- The average drunk driver has driven drunk about 80 times before their first arrest.
DUI Arrests by Southern California County from 2008-2010
California 2009 DUI BAC Levels by Frequency and Percent
Mean BAC - 0.16
Median BAC - 0.15
2010 Fatal Crashes Involving Drunk Driving by Age Group
21-24
25-34
35-44
Other
(Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. «Results from the 2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: Summary of National Findings.» September 2011)
Do you know what the median age for DUI's was in 2010?
California 2010 Median Age of DUI Arrestees by Ethnicity
32
29
33
28
California 2010 Female DUI Arrestees by Ethnicity
California Recidivism Rates
31
31% of DUI offenders originally convicted in 1994 reoffended at least once by 2010.
32
32% of male DUI offenders originally convicted in 1994 reoffended at least once by 2010.
23
23% of female DUI offenders originally convicted in 1994 reoffended at least once by 2010.
NATIONALLY FROM 1982 TO 2010
California DUI Conviction Rates (as of October 2011)
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
(Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. «Results from the 2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: Summary of National Findings.» September 2011)
California 2010 Median Age of DUI Arrestees by Ethnicity
32
White
29
Hispanic
33
Black
28
Other
California 2009 Percentage of Court Ordered Sanctions
95.8%
Probation
74%
Jail
In many jurisdictions, all or a portion of a jail sentence is often served as community service rather than actual jail time.
85.8%
DUI Program
6.3%
Ignition Interlock Device
(Because nearly all convicted DUI offenders receive more than one type of sanction, percentages add to much more than 100%)
Drunk Driving Costs
National Statistics
1.41
million
Over 1.41 million drivers were arrested in 2010 for driving under the influence of alcohol or narcotics. (Federal Bureau of Investigation. “Crime in the United States: 2010”)
112
million
In 2010, adult drove drunk about 112 million times. This comes out to almost 300,000 incidents of drunk driving per day. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention., October 2011.)
132
billion
Drunk driving costs the United States $132 billion per year. (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration FARS data, 2010.)
1
drink per hour
drink per hour
The average person metabolizes alcohol at the rate of about one drink per hour. The rate, however, does vary from person to person. (Michigan State University. “Basic Alcohol Information.” East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University, 2003.)