Best and Worst States for Drunk Driving
Posted by Trent Wilson on 5th Jul 2018
This article was forwarded me by Joseph Keller. Traffic is dangerous enough without throwing booze into the mix.
| Ranking, Worst to Best | State | No. of fatalities | Rate (of all total traffic deaths) | Increase/Decrease from last year |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wyoming | 56 | 0.38% | 16.7% increase | |
| 2 | North Dakota | 50 | 0.38% | 9.1% decrease | |
| 3 | South Dakota | 43 | 0.33% | 2.3% decrease | |
| 4 | Montana | 75 | 0.34% | 2.7% increase | |
| 5 | South Carolina | 301 | 0.31% | 9.1% decrease | |
| 6 | Mississippi | 175 | 0.26% | 1.7% increase | |
| 7 | New Mexico | 98 | 0.33% | 16.2% decrease | |
| 8 | Kentucky | 192 | 0.25% | 12.3% increase | |
| 9 | Maine | 52 | 0.33% | 40.5% increase | |
| 10 | Arkansas | 149 | 0.28% | 9.6% increase | |
| 11 | Idaho | 70 | 0.32% | 32.1% increase | |
| 12 | Texas | 1323 | 0.38% | 8.5% decrease | |
| 13 | Louisiana | 245 | 0.34% | 8% decrease | |
| 14 | Wisconsin | 189 | 0.33% | 14.5% increase | |
| 15 | North Carolina | 411 | 0.30% | 13.2% increase | |
| 16 | Alabama | 247 | 0.29% | 6.8% decrease | |
| 17 | Arizona | 272 | 0.31% | 36% increase | |
| 18 | Oklahoma | 170 | 0.27% | 9% increase | |
| 19 | Tennessee | 252 | 0.26% | 7.7% decrease | |
| 20 | Alaska | 23 | 0.36% | 4.5% increase | |
| 21 | Colorado | 151 | 0.28% | 5.6% decrease | |
| 22 | Missouri | 224 | 0.26% | 9.3% increase | |
| 23 | Nebraska | 65 | 0.26% | 8.3% increase | |
| 24 | Oregon | 155 | 0.35% | 56.5% increase | |
| 25 | Nevada | 97 | 0.30% | 4.3% increase | |
| 26 | Pennsylvania | 364 | 0.30% | 4.3% increase | |
| 27 | West Virginia | 71 | 0.27% | 15.5% decrease | |
| 28 | Florida | 797 | 0.27% | 14.8% increase | |
| 29 | Hawaii | 33 | 0.35% | 10% increase | |
| 30 | Iowa | 78 | 0.24% | 14.3% decrease | |
| 31 | Ohio | 313 | 0.28% | 3.6% increase | |
| 32 | California | 914 | 0.29% | 4.3% increase | |
| 33 | Delaware | 41 | 0.33% | 21.2% decrease | |
| 34 | Michigan | 267 | 0.28% | 25.9% increase | |
| 35 | Vermont | 15 | 0.27% | 87.5% increase | |
| 36 | New Hampshire | 33 | 0.29% | 13.8% increase | |
| 37 | Minnesota | 115 | 0.28% | 6.5% increase | |
| 38 | Maryland | 159 | 0.31% | 22.3% increase | |
| 39 | Connecticut | 103 | 0.39% | 6.2% increase | |
| 40 | Georgia | 366 | 0.26% | 31.2% increase | |
| 41 | Kansas | 84 | 0.24% | 22.2% decrease | |
| 42 | Washington | 148 | 0.26% | 12.1% increase | |
| 43 | Indiana | 178 | 0.22% | 11.3% increase | |
| 44 | Virginia | 208 | 0.28% | 3.7% decrease | |
| 45 | Rhode Island | 19 | 0.43% | 11.8% increase | |
| 46 | Utah | 43 | 0.16% | 24.6% decrease | |
| 47 | New Jersey | 111 | 0.20% | 31.1% decrease | |
| 48 | Illinois | 307 | 0.31% | 1.7% increase | |
| 49 | Massachusetts | 96 | 0.31% | 32.9% decrease | |
| 50 | New York | 311 | 0.28% | 0.3% decrease |
