Facts and Stats

No matter age or gender, people deciding it is okay to drive impaired continues to be an avoidable epidemic for all Florida counties.

Crimes Vs. Impaired Driving (2017)

  • 1 murder every 30.5 minutes
  • 1 violent crime every 24.6 seconds
  • 1 property crime every 4.1 seconds
  • 1 burglary every 22.6 seconds
  • 1 alcohol-impaired-driving fatality** occurred every 48 minutes
  • 1 person injured* every 13 seconds
  • 1 property damage* crash every 7 seconds
  • 1 law-enforcement-reported* crash every 5 seconds

Data Sources:

Crime – Federal Bureau of Investigation’s 2016 Crime Clock Statistics, Crime in the United States
Crash – NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) 2016 ARF
* National Automotive Sampling System (NASS) General Estimates System (GES) 2015 **NHTSA’s National Center for Statistics and Analysis

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