2- Fatalities Related to Driving While Under the Influence of Alcohol in California

Fatalities Related to Driving While Under the Influence of Alcohol in California

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https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/uploads/2022/09/2021-Annual-Report-of-the-California-DUI-Management-Information-System-1.pdf
The California DUI Management Information System was developed in California in 1989 as a result of the legislative mandate that required the development of a monitoring system to evaluate the efficacy of intervention programs for persons convicted of DUI in California.
Alcohol-involved crash fatalities decreased by 2.8% in 2019, following a decrease of 5.6% in 2018 (see DUI Summary Statistics).
https://www.cdc.gov/motorvehiclesafety/pdf/impaired-driving-new/CDC-impaired-driving-fact-sheet-California.pdf
9,288 people were killed in crashes involving an alcohol-impaired driver in California from 2009-2018

https://www.ots.ca.gov/grants/alcohol-impaired-driving/
In 2019, 26.3% of all traffic deaths in California involved a driver with a blood alcohol content (BAC) of .08 or higher.
https://www.ots.ca.gov/ots-and-traffic-safety/score-card/
California Traffic fatalities decreased 5.1% from 3,798 in 2018 to 3,606 in 2019.

https://www.ots.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/67/2021/03/California-Impaired-Driving-Plan_Remediation.pdf
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Each year in the past decade, over 1 in 4 roadway fatalities in California involved alcohol-impaired driving. Compared to the rest of the nation, in 2018, California had the second highest number of alcohol-impaired driving fatalities at 1,069.
Each year in the past decade, over 1 in 4 roadway fatalities in California involved alcohol-impaired driving
Compared to the rest of the nation, in 2018, California had the second highest number of alcohol-impaired driving fatalities at 1,069
Driving under the influence of alcohol (DUIA)1
As shown in Figure 1, nationally, 10,511 people were killed in 2018 in alcohol-impaired traffic crashes, defined as a crash in which at least one driver or motorcycle operator, had a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08g/dL or higher (2018 FARS ARF). In California in 2018, there were 1,069 people killed in alcohol-impaired traffic crashes, which represented a slight decrease of 6.8% from 1,147 fatalities in 2017 (2017 FARS; 2018 FARS ARF). Overall, the number of alcohol-impaired driving fatalities was stable over 15 years nationally and statewide, with California exhibiting more drastic variation in fatalities than the nation. In 2018, as indicated by Figure 2, fatalities in alcohol-impaired crashes represented 30% of the total motor vehicle crash fatalities in California (2018 FARS ARF). The rate of driving fatalities in alcohol-impaired crashes with respect to all traffic fatalities in a year decreased nationally from 30.6% in 2004 to 28.8% in 2018, while in California, the rate increased slightly from 28.6% to 30.0% in 2018 (2004 FARS; 2018 FARS ARF). Figure 1. Alcohol-impaired driving fatalities in California and the United States, 2004-2018.

Demographics
There were 4,929 drivers involved in fatal crashes in California in 2018, of which 17% (or 837) were alcohol-impaired (2018 FARS ARF). As presented in Figure 3, men comprised 81.0% of these alcohol-impaired drivers (2018 FARS ARF). The age groups with the highest concentration of alcohol-impaired drivers in fatal crashes were those age 20 to 24 (20.2%) followed by those age 25 to 29 (18.8%), comprising 39% of alcohol-impaired drivers in fatal crashes.
Figure 3. Age and gender of drivers in fatal crashes who were alcohol-impaired in California, 2018.
VC §§23152 and 23153: Establishes that it is unlawful for a person to drive a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or under the combined influence of alcohol and drugs, when such an act may or may not cause bodily injury. P30
VC §§23152(b) and 23153(b): Establishes a 0.08% BAC level at which it is illegal for a person to drive a motor vehicle and/or concurrently causes bodily injury to any person other than the driver. P30

https://www.ots.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/67/2021/03/California-Impaired-Driving-Plan_Remediation.pdf
As the State’s designated Highway Safety Office, the Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) promotes safety initiatives and administers a variety of national highway safety grant programs authorized and funded through Federal legislation aimed at reducing traffic crashes, fatalities, and injuries on public roads. The OTS administers California’s Highway Safety Program (HSP) which is designed to reduce deaths and injuries on the road by targeting user behavior through education and enforcement campaigns. California’s HSP includes an impaired driving component that addresses highway safety activities related to impaired driving.
https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv-research-reports/research-development-data-dashboards/dui-management-information-system-dashboards/dui-summary-statistics/
The California Driving Under the Influence Management Information System (DUI-MIS) was developed in California in 1989 as a result of the legislative mandate that required the development of a data and monitoring system to evaluate the efficacy of intervention programs for persons convicted of DUI in California.

Rampant drunk driving was first targeted by U.S. legislators and law enforcement agencies in the 1980s, spurring a nationwide decline in fatalities and accidents that has continued through 2019.
State Percentage of people killed in crashes involving driver with BAC .08 or more (2010) Percentage of people killed in crashes involving driver with BAC .08 or more (2019) Percentage Point Changein Rate of DUI-related Fatalities

California 28% 26% 2% 2