TEXAS2016 TEXASSTATEWIDE IMPAIRED DRIVING FORUM

Data pulled from TxDOT’s Crash Records Information System (CRIS)

April 19, 2016

There were 3,519motor vehicle traffic fatalities in TEXAS in 2015

DUI-Related FATALITIES in 20151,262

There were

involved impaired driving in 201536% of all motor vehicle fatalities

from 2014 to 2015

DUI-related fatalities DECREASED

10%

2010 20122011 2013 2014 2015

1,150

1,200

1,250

1,300

1,350

1,400

DUI-Related Fatalities T E X A S

1,303

1,247

1,305

1,387 1,406

1,262

2010 20122011 2013 2014 2015

0

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

all motor vehicle fatalities that are DUI-relatedPercent of

43% 41% 38%41% 40%

36%

There were

1,111 fatal DUI crashes in 2015

of fatal DUI crashes occurred

in RURAL locations o 52%

o

10 Most Populous Counties

(2010 US Census)

10 Counties with Most Fatal DUI Crashes in 2015

MORE fatal DUI crashes

occurred on SUNDAYthan any other day of the week

24%

9%

11%

10%11%

15%

20%

Fatal DUI Crashes and Day of Week

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

Impaired Driving in Texas

More fatal DUI crashes occurred between 2:00 AM – 2:59 AM than

any other hour of the day

c

32%of fatal DUI crashes occur

between the hours of 10:00 PM and 2:59 AM

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Impaired Driving in Texas

More fatal DUI crashes occurred in the month of JUNE than any other month

of the year

IMPAIREDDRIVERS

66% of DUI-related

fatalities were the impaired driver

Where the driver was impaired and killed,

MALES were behind the wheel 81% of the time

Where the driver was impaired and killed,

CAUCASIANSwere behind the wheel

54% of the time

Texans behind the wheel:

DRIVINGIMPAIRED

the most common age of an impaired driver involved

in a fatal DUI crash was

30

Texans behind the wheel:

DRIVINGIMPAIRED

27% of the timein fatal DUI crashes,

a 20-26 year old was the impaired driver

the AVERAGE BAC of drivers was .17In 2015,

1Women and

Impaired Driving

156 impaired drivers were female and fatally injured

In 2015,

Women were involved in 19% of fatal DUI crashes over the past 6 years

In 2015 fatal DUI crashes, WOMEN were unlicensed 12%

of the time

In 2015, female drivers were

NOT wearing a seatbelt in 38% of fatal DUI crashes

In fatal DUI crashes over the past 6 years, the presence of CNS

depressants was TWICE as high in females than in males

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For female drivers with a passenger in the car age 0-15,

MORE crashes occurred between the hours of

8:00 – 10:00 pm

Big THANK YOU toMarcie Perez (TTI)

Paige Ericson-GraberAssistant Transportation Researcher

Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) p-ericson@tti.tamu.edu

979-845-1688

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