Dui Statistics

DUI Statistics

2010 Male DUI Arrestees by Ethnicity

  • Hispanic: 48%
  • White: 35.5%
  • Black: 8.5%
  • Other: 8%

2010 DUI Arrests by Gender

California DUI Arrest Rate by Year

  • Felony DUI Arrests
  • Misdemeanor DUI Arrests

2010 Female DUI Arrestees by Ethnicity

  • Hispanic: 28.6%
  • White: 53.6%
  • Black: 9.1%
  • Other: 8.7%

DUI Arrests by Southern California County from 2008-2010

  • Imperial County
  • Kern County
  • Los Angeles County
  • Orange County
  • Riverside County
  • San Bernardino County
  • San Diego County
  • Santa Barbara County
  • Ventura County

California 2009 DUI BAC Levels by Frequency and Percent

  • BAC

2010 Fatal Crashes Involving Drunk Driving by Age Group

21-24

34%

25-34

30%

35-44

23%

Other

11%

(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

California 2010 Female DUI Arrestees by Ethnicity

Do you know what the median age for DUI’s was in 2010?

California Recidivism Rates

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31% of DUI offenders originally convicted in 1994 reoffended at least once by 2010.
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32% of male DUI offenders originally convicted in 1994 reoffended at least once by 2010.
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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

80%

2001

80%

2002

79%

2003

79%

2004

80%

2005

81%

2006

81%

2007

81%

2008

80%

2009

77%

2010

72%

(Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. «Results from the 2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: Summary of National Findings.» September 2011)

National Statistics

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1.41 million

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”)

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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.)

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132 billion

Drunk driving costs the United States $132 billion per year. (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration FARS data, 2010.)

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1 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.)

2nd Time Offenders

California 2010 Median Age of DUI Arrestees by Ethnicity

California 2009 Percentage of Court Ordered Sanctions

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PROBATION

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JAIL

In many jurisdictions, all or a portion of a jail sentence is often served as community service rather than actual jail time.

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DUI PROGRAM

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IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICE

Total 2010 DUI Arrests

Fatal Crashes in 2010

Drunk Driving Costs

On Average