Wisconsin has the highest rate of drunk driving in the United States. In a
Drunk Driving Survey
released in April of 2008 by the
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, over 26 percent of Wisconsin adults admitted that they had driven under the influence of alcohol within the last year. From the years 2000 to 2006, the national average of drivers that admitted driving while
intoxicated
within the last year was only 15.1 percent.These numbers directly translate into
Wisconsin Drunk Driving
fatalities and injuries. In 2007,
Wisconsin Drunk Driving
crashes killed 337 people and injured 5,500. This means nearly 50 percent of all fatal car crashes in Wisconsin involve drunk drivers.