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Deadliest DUI Accident in the USA History

Saturday, July 2nd, 2011

Driving under the influence (DUI), drunk driving or driving while intoxicated (DWI) is the act of driving a motor vehicle with blood levels of alcohol in excess or above the specified limit. In some or most countries of the world, this is considered a criminal offense. In the history of road accidents, DUI is one of the highest reasons of such accidents on the roads. Here is a list of the deadliest, worst road accidents due to DUI.

Link Source	Name of the Accident	Description
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrollton,_Kentucky_bus_collision	Carrolton, Kentucky Bus Collision	-One of the deadliest bus accident in the US history -Larry Wayne Mahoney, a drunk driver of a pickup truck travelling on the wrong direction with a high speed, collided head-on with a school bus used as a church bus. The initial crashes was exacerbated when the fuel tank of the bus ignited that blocked the front loading door of the bus. -27 dead people, 34 injured, 6 unharmed of the 67 passengers
http://www.scarlettlawgroup.com/teen-girl-killed-in-san-jose-dui-accident.html	San Jose DUI Car Accident	-Jordan Michelle West, 16 year old girl was a passenger of a vehicle driven by a drunken 17 year old girl. - 3 passengers are also in the vehicle; the driver admitted to a witness that she was drinking that time
http://www.criminalattorneysanjoseca.com/2011/05/fatal-dui-accident-results-in-plea-to-second-degree-murder-charge.shtml	44 Year Old Man DUI Accident	-a 44 year old man entered a plea of no contest in California court due to second degree murder charge coming from one of the deadliest DUI incident of 2009 -the defendant was alleged by the prosecutor to be driving on his way home in his Nissan X-Terra at 70 mi/hr. The Nissan was alleged to drift left and crossed the center of the traffic and into a 2000 Ford Mustang killing all 3 passengers one of which is 12 year old boy.

In 2006, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) releases a statistics on the number of drunk driving related incidents in the United States in 2006. There were a total of 16,885 deaths related to alcohol. “Drunk driving is one of America’s deadliest crimes,” said Maria Cino, Acting secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation. According to the statistics, 39% of all traffic accidents related to drunk driving. California has the highest number of alcohol-related deaths at 1,719 up from 2004. Texas was second at 1,569 but was down from 1,704 fatalities in 2004. Alaska and Vermont has the lowest number at 31 and 32 alcohol-related accidents.

After releasing this statistics, the NHTSA revealed their plan to reduce these drunk driving incidents by implementing the “Drunk Driving. Over the Limit. Under Arrest”, the largest campaign advertised to combat drunk driving. The advertisement focused on specific targets having men 21-34 years old as the group that represents the highest percentage of drunk drivers (33% of all drunk driving incidents) and men 35-44 as the second highest group at 25%.

All the 50 states of America and even Puerto Rico apply two statutory offenses to DUI: the first and the original, is the driving under the influence (DUI), driving while intoxicated /impaired (DWI), or operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated/impaired (OWI). This will be based on the police observations on the driver (slurred speech, driving behavior, the results of a roadside sobriety test etc). The second offense is called “illegal per se” which is driving with a Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) of 0.08g/dL or higher. Since 2002, the 50 states considered illegal to drive with a BAC of 0.08 or higher for they are already considered alcohol-impaired.

Below are statistics referring to alcohol-related accidents in the United States of America:

ALCOHOL-RELATED DEATHS IN THE US SINCE 1982

	TOTAL FATALITIES	ALCOHOL-RELATED FATALITIES
YEAR	NUMBER	NUMBER	PERCENT
1982	43,945	26,173	60
1983	42,589	24,635	58
1984	44,257	24,762	56
1985	43,825	23,167	53
1986	46,087	25,017	54
1987	46,390	24,094	52
1988	47,087	23,833	51
1989	45,582	22,424	49
1990	44,599	22,587	51
1991	41,508	20,159	49
1992	39,250	18,290	47
1993	40,150	17,908	45
1994	40,716	17,308	43
1995	41,817	17,732	42
1996	42,065	17,749	42
1997	42,013	16,711	40
1998	41,501	16,673	40
1999	41,717	16,572	40
2000	41,945	17,380	41
2001	42,196	17,400	41
2002	43,005	17,524	41
2003	42,643	17,013	40
2004	42,518	16,919	39
2005	43,443	16,885	39
2006	42,532	15,829	37
2007	41,059	15,387	37
2008	37,261	13,846	37

DRIVING AND DRIVING FATALITIES BY STATE IN 2008 (RANKED BY THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF ALCOHOL-RELATED DEATHS)

STATE	TOTAL FATALITIES	ALCOHOL RELATED-FATALITIES
STATE	TOTAL FATALITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Texas	3,382	1,463	43
California	3,434	1,198	35
Florida	2,978	1,041	35
Pennsylvania	1,468	578	39
North Carolina	1,433	500	35
Georgia	1,493	489	33
South Carolina	920	463	50
Illinois	1,043	434	42
Ohio	1,190	415	35
New York	1,231	409	33
Louisiana	912	404	44
Tennessee	1,035	386	37
Alabama	966	367	38
Virginia	824	365	44
Missouri	960	364	38
Michigan	980	331	34
Arizona	937	329	35
Mississippi	783	297	38
Oklahoma	749	274	37
Indiana	814	250	31
Wisconsin	605	250	41
Kentucky	826	226	27
Washington	521	225	43
Arkansas	600	205	34
Colorado	548	202	37
New Jersey	590	197	33
Maryland	591	186	31
Minnesota	456	161	35
Oregon	416	159	38
Kansas	385	157	41
Massachusetts	363	151	42
West Virginia	380	142	37
Nevada	324	121	37
New Mexico	366	118	32
Iowa	412	113	27
Connecticut	264	104	40
Montana	229	103	45
Idaho	232	93	40
Nebraska	208	75	36
Wyoming	159	75	47
Utah	275	55	20
New Hampshire	139	53	38
North Dakota	104	52	50
Hawaii	107	50	46
Delaware	121	49	40
Maine	155	47	30
South Dakota	119	41	34
Rhode Island	65	29	45
Alaska	62	24	38
Vermont	73	15	21
Dist of Columbia	34	13	39
National	37,261	13,846	37
Puerto Rico	399	162	41

ALCOHOL-IMPAIRED MOTOR VEHICLE FATALITIES IN THE US FOR 2008

STATE	TOTAL FATALITIES	BAC=.08+
	NUMBER	NUMBER	PERCENT
Texas	3,382	1,269	38
California	3,434	1,029	30
Florida	2,978	875	29
Pennsylvania	1,468	496	34
North Carolina	1,433	423	30
Georgia	1,493	416	28
South Carolina	920	403	44
Illinois	1,043	362	35
Ohio	1,190	356	30
New York	1,231	341	28
Louisiana	912	338	37
Tennessee	1,035	327	32
Alabama	966	315	33
Virginia	824	294	36
Missouri	960	310	32
Michigan	980	282	29
Arizona	937	266	28
Mississippi	783	266	34
Oklahoma	749	244	33
Indiana	814	208	26
Wisconsin	605	208	34
Kentucky	826	200	24
Washington	521	182	35
Arkansas	600	171	28
Colorado	548	173	32
New Jersey	590	154	26
Maryland	591	152	26
Minnesota	456	135	30
Oregon	416	136	33
Kansas	385	145	38
Massachusetts	363	124	34
West Virginia	380	128	34
Nevada	324	107	33
New Mexico	366	105	29
Iowa	412	89	22
Connecticut	264	86	32
Montana	229	91	40
Idaho	232	78	34
Nebraska	208	55	27
Wyoming	159	67	42
Utah	275	46	17
New Hampshire	139	45	32
North Dakota	104	47	46
Hawaii	107	42	39
Delaware	121	45	37
Maine	155	43	28
South Dakota	119	34	29
Rhode Island	65	25	38
Alaska	62	21	33
Vermont	73	12	16
Dist of Columbia	34	9	26
National	37,261	11,773	32
Puerto Rico	399	132	33

According to NHTSA, “A motor vehicle crash is considered to be alcohol-related if at least one drive ror non-occupant (such as a pedestrian or pedalcyclist) involved in the crash is determined to have a BAC of .01 gram per deciliter (g/dL) or higher”. Thus, any fatality in an alcohol-related crash is considered an alcohol-related fatality.

If you know more alcohol-related incidents that are not mentioned here, please feel free to comment and add that in this article. Also, if you know groups that fight DUI incidents please include them here. Let’s help each other in combating DUI accidents.

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