MADD Statistics

• An average drunk driver has driven drunk 80 times before first arrest.

• Given that there were 183 DUIs in Abington in 2011, that meant that 14,823 incidents of driving under the influence of alchol happened in the same year. That equates to 40 incidents a day in the Township.

• This year, 10,839 people will die in drunk-driving crashes in the United States - one every 50 minutes.

• One in three people will be involved in an alcohol-related crash in their lifetime.

• One in three 8th graders drinks alcohol.

• 50 to 75% of convicted drunk drivers continue to drive on a suspended license.

• One in five teens binge drink.

• Only one in 100 parents believes his or her teen binge drinks. 

• Teen alcohol use kills about 6,000 people each year, more than all illegal drugs combined. 

• Car crashes are the leading cause of death for teens and one out of three of those is alcohol related.

• Kids who start drinking young are seven times more likely to be in an alcohol-related crash.

• Drunk driving costs each adult in this country almost $500 per year. 

• High school students who use alcohol or other substances are five times more likely to drop out of school or believe good grades are not important. 

• Every minute, one person is injured from an alcohol-related crash.

Sources: http://www.madd.org/statistics/

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