Impaired Driving in Missouri
Missouri Statistics
From Missouri Department of Transportation’s Traffic Division – Safety section
- In 2007 there were 7,780 alcohol-related traffic crashes killing 243 people and injuring 4,889 people.
- Many drunk drivers are under the age of 21. In 2007 there were 1,037 underage drinking drivers involved in alcohol-related traffic crashes in Missouri.
- Of the 2007 alcohol-related Missouri traffic crashes, 36 percent of the fatalities and 43 percent of the injuries occurred to some other party involved – not the drinking driver or pedestrian.
- Someone was killed or injured in an alcohol-related traffic crash every 1.7 hours.
National Statistics
From the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
- Impaired driving is one of America’s deadliest problems. Nationally, in 2006, nearly 16,000 people were killed in highway crashes involving a driver or motorcycle operator with an illegal blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of .08 or higher. – Approximately one fatality every 33 minutes.
Alcohol-related traffic crashes over the last five years in Missouri:
Year |
Killed |
Injured |
Total Number of Alcohol-Related Crashes |
2003 |
277 |
5,454 |
8,081 |
2004 |
252 |
5,450 |
8,301 |
2005 |
274 |
5,216 |
7,888 |
2006 |
270 |
5,157 |
7,947 |
2007 |
243 |
4,889 |
7,780 |
"You Drink and Drive. You Lose" Mid-Missouri Campaign
Missouri Coalition for Roadway Safety
