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.

map of best and worst states for drunk driving

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