RTSSC Research Reports
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Title:	Reducing Impaired Driving: A Focus on Local Programs in North Dakota
Publication Date:	Jun 2009
Type:	Issue Brief

Abstract

According to the North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT 2009), over the past ten years, "DUI arrests in North Dakota have increased more than three-fold and alcohol-related motor vehicle crashes have increased more than five-fold in the same time period." In 2007, driving under the influence ranked number four in the type of driver citations given due to all types of crash events in North Dakota (NDDOT 2007). In fatal crashes for the same year, DUI was the number one contributor to fatal crashes in North Dakota (NDDOT 2007). From 1998 to 2007, an average of 48.2% of ND fatal crashes were related to alcohol use. In 2007, North Dakota was ranked worse out of the 50 states and the District of Columbia in the percent of fatal crashes involving alcohol (Table 1). When examining fatal crashes involving blood alcohol level (BAC) of at least 0.08 for 2007, North Dakota's percent of total fatal crashes involving BAC of at least 0.08 was near 50%, while the United States as a whole was scarcely over 30% (Table 1).