1997 Impaired
Drivers Involved in
Drug / Alcohol Related Crashes
Males were
involved in over two-thirds (80%) of drug
/ alcohol related crashes. The largest
number of drug / alcohol related crashes
and injury crashes involved male drivers
in the age range of 20 to 24 years
old. The age group 35 to 39 years
had the largest number of crashes for
females involved in drug / alcohol
related crashes and injury crashes. Male
drivers aged 20 to 24 years represented
the greatest number of drivers involved
in drug / alcohol related fatal crashes.
Of the impaired drivers, 288 (15.5%) were
under the age of 21 years.
Table
7.05 Gender and Age of Impaired Drivers
Involved in Drug / Alcohol Related
Crashes, Injury Crashes and Fatal
Crashes, 1997
*Note:
There were drug / alcohol related crashes
that involved two drug / alcohol impaired
drivers. One fatal crash involved
two drug / alcohol impaired drivers.
There was 7 drug / alcohol impaired
pedestrians involved in crashes. The
information about the drivers
involved in the drug / alcohol impaired
pedestrian crashes is not included in the
above table.
