5  Impaired Driving Crashes

Note

Impaired driving includes both drug and alcohol impairment. Impairment is determined by if a driver was suspected by law enforcement of alcohol or drug use or if a drug/alcohol-related citation was issued.

5.1 Impaired Drivers

Note

This sub-section only includes drivers, not passengers or others involved in the crash.

Impaired Drivers by County and Age Group

County	0-4	5-14	15-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65-74	75-84	85+	Unknown	Total
Adams	-	-	6	14	6	8	4	3	-	-	-	41
Ashland	-	-	9	5	2	5	-	3	-	-	-	24
Barron	-	-	11	24	8	9	8	-	-	-	-	60
Bayfield	-	-	12	17	10	9	5	1	-	-	-	54
Brown	-	-	72	79	55	30	18	3	-	2	-	259
Buffalo	-	-	2	7	3	2	1	2	-	-	-	17
Burnett	-	-	8	9	10	3	8	2	1	-	1	42
Calumet	-	-	17	13	8	5	3	-	-	-	-	46
Chippewa	-	-	22	31	10	16	5	3	-	-	1	88
Clark	-	-	14	15	6	3	4	-	-	-	-	42
Columbia	-	-	30	30	20	17	4	5	1	-	-	107
Crawford	-	-	17	5	2	-	3	1	-	-	-	28
Dane	-	-	169	250	124	90	49	18	8	1	1	710
Dodge	-	-	27	30	20	11	13	1	-	1	-	103
Door	-	-	11	11	9	7	3	2	2	-	-	45
Douglas	-	-	19	16	9	8	4	3	1	-	-	60
Dunn	-	-	20	21	21	10	4	5	-	-	-	81
Eau Claire	-	-	42	51	29	16	14	3	3	-	-	158
Florence	-	-	2	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	6
Fond du Lac	-	-	42	45	27	16	11	6	2	-	-	149
Forest	-	-	8	6	3	1	2	-	-	-	-	20
Grant	-	-	18	15	11	13	4	-	-	-	-	61
Green	-	-	8	17	6	6	6	2	1	-	-	46
Green Lake	-	-	6	7	3	7	3	-	-	-	-	26
Iowa	-	-	14	11	6	8	6	-	-	-	-	45
Iron	-	-	3	2	2	3	-	1	-	1	-	12
Jackson	-	-	13	14	13	3	7	-	-	-	-	50
Jefferson	-	-	29	32	17	10	9	1	-	-	-	98
Juneau	-	-	12	26	11	7	3	-	-	-	-	59
Kenosha	-	-	54	69	38	40	23	6	1	-	-	231
Kewaunee	-	-	8	4	6	2	4	-	-	-	-	24
La Crosse	-	-	39	59	23	18	19	7	1	-	-	166
Lafayette	-	-	9	7	5	4	3	1	-	-	-	29
Langlade	-	-	7	5	2	6	-	1	-	-	-	21
Lincoln	-	-	8	7	6	8	4	3	-	1	-	37
Manitowoc	-	-	23	31	19	11	10	3	1	-	-	98
Marathon	-	-	52	53	29	20	18	3	-	-	-	175
Marinette	-	-	12	17	22	13	7	1	1	-	-	73
Marquette	-	-	2	13	6	4	1	2	-	-	-	28
Menominee	-	-	1	2	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	5
Milwaukee	-	-	198	361	265	178	101	25	2	-	-	1,130
Monroe	-	-	26	18	15	3	7	3	-	-	-	72
Oconto	-	-	9	10	17	12	7	3	-	-	-	58
Oneida	-	-	7	26	15	14	13	4	-	1	-	80
Outagamie	-	-	50	67	26	22	19	5	-	-	-	189
Ozaukee	-	-	27	20	6	12	8	1	-	-	-	74
Pepin	-	-	2	5	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	10
Pierce	-	-	13	18	13	7	3	-	-	-	-	54
Polk	-	-	21	30	7	11	8	3	-	-	-	80
Portage	-	-	18	28	12	12	11	6	-	-	-	87
Price	-	-	2	1	2	2	3	-	-	-	-	10
Racine	-	-	47	79	41	41	26	9	1	-	-	244
Richland	-	-	7	8	3	6	2	-	-	-	-	26
Rock	-	-	62	106	62	48	33	7	5	-	-	323
Rusk	-	-	2	6	3	4	2	-	-	-	-	17
Sauk	-	-	28	34	16	15	9	5	1	-	-	108
Sawyer	-	-	10	8	3	2	2	-	-	-	-	25
Shawano	-	-	30	24	15	17	5	1	2	-	-	94
Sheboygan	-	-	34	36	17	15	10	2	-	-	-	114
St. Croix	-	-	36	28	23	19	9	5	1	-	-	121
Taylor	-	-	9	9	10	2	3	3	-	-	-	36
Trempealeau	-	-	10	11	6	5	4	-	-	-	-	36
Vernon	-	-	14	10	6	5	5	3	1	-	-	44
Vilas	-	-	9	21	9	8	6	4	-	-	-	57
Walworth	-	-	48	52	19	24	19	5	-	-	-	167
Washburn	-	-	8	12	2	4	4	2	-	-	-	32
Washington	-	-	35	42	35	25	9	6	1	-	-	153
Waukesha	-	-	80	91	68	68	38	13	4	1	-	363
Waupaca	-	-	23	16	12	8	7	1	-	-	-	67
Waushara	-	-	10	15	10	12	9	2	-	-	-	58
Winnebago	-	-	74	65	43	28	24	8	2	1	-	245
Wood	-	-	19	22	17	10	9	3	2	-	-	82
Total	-	-	1,846	2,350	1,408	1,090	708	221	45	9	3	7,680

Impaired Drivers by Age Group and Gender

County	Fatal Injury		Suspected Serious Injury		Suspected Minor Injury		Possible Injury		No Apparent Injury		Total
	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M
0-4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5-14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
15-24	1	25	29	101	71	243	55	99	309	913	1,846
25-34	6	29	28	141	86	283	61	150	416	1,150	2,350
35-44	4	14	17	89	67	165	42	96	280	634	1,408
45-54	3	17	13	59	42	113	30	73	240	500	1,090
55-64	1	5	7	55	13	94	14	51	121	347	708
65-74	-	2	-	15	4	31	5	15	34	115	221
75-84	-	-	-	-	2	6	-	4	6	27	45
85+	-	1	-	-	1	2	-	-	1	4	9
Unknown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	3
Total	15	93	94	460	286	937	207	489	1,408	3,691	7,680
M = Male F = Female U = Unknown.

Impaired Drivers by Vehicle Type

County	Fatal	Injury	Property Damage	Total
Passenger Car	87	1,742	2,934	4,763
Utility Truck/Pickup Truck	41	486	693	1,220
(Sport) Utility Vehicle	25	467	716	1,208
Passenger Van	7	92	111	210
Motorcycle	17	180	10	207
Cargo Van (10,000 Lbs or Less)	-	9	9	18
Straight Truck	-	7	10	17
Moped	-	16	-	16
Truck Tractor (Trailer Attached)	-	5	3	8
Truck Tractor (Trailer Not Attached)	1	2	2	5
Motor Home	-	1	3	4
ATV/UTV (Utility Terrain Vehicle)	1	-	-	1
Low Speed Vehicle	-	1	-	1
Pupil Transportation School Bus	-	1	-	1
School Bus	1	-	-	1
Total	180	3,009	4,491	7,680

Drinking Rates by Vehicle Type/Role

Role	Incidence of Drug/Alcohol Impairment in a Crash	Drinking Rate*
Driver of a Passenger Vehicle	7,419	36
Driver of a Motorcycle/Moped	223	92
Other	6	3
Driver of a CMV	30	4
Driver of a School Bus	2	3
Bicycle	-	-
Bicycle	27	29
Pedestrian	119	74
*Drinking rate = the portion of drivers, pedestrians or bicyclists who were suspected and/or cited for drug/alcohol impairment per 1,000 drivers, pedestrians or bicyclists in a crash.

Impaired verse Non-Impaired Drivers by Age Group

Age Group	Impaired Driver	Non-Impaired Driver	Total
0-4	-	-	-
5-9	-	2	2
10-14	-	79	79
15-19	445	21,429	21,874
20-24	1,401	24,739	26,140
25-29	1,337	21,361	22,698
30-34	1,013	18,493	19,506
35-39	827	16,512	17,339
40-44	581	13,951	14,532
45-49	553	14,491	15,044
50-54	537	14,696	15,233
55-59	414	14,706	15,120
60-64	294	11,705	11,999
65-69	149	8,707	8,856
70+	126	15,067	15,193
Unknown age group was removed.

Drug Use of the Driver

Drug Type	Fatal	Injury	Property Damage	Total
CNS Stimulant	8	6	8	22
Cannabis	20	22	21	63
Central Nervous System (CNS) Depressant	8	5	7	20
Dissociatives Anti.	-	2	1	3
Hallucingens	-	-	1	1
Inhalants	2	-	-	2
Narcotic Analgesics	6	10	12	28
Other	8	5	9	22
Steroids	-	1	-	1
Total	52	51	59	162
This table counts drugs noted on the crash report, not drivers. A driver may have used more than one drug

5.2 Impaired Driving Crashes

Impaired Driving Crashes by County and Persons Injured/Killed

County	Fatal	Injury	Property Damage	Total Crashes	Persons Killed	Persons Injured
Adams	1	20	20	41	1	24
Ashland	-	9	15	24	-	11
Barron	-	25	35	60	-	34
Bayfield	3	20	30	53	3	29
Brown	7	111	136	254	9	145
Buffalo	-	7	10	17	-	8
Burnett	3	19	19	41	3	24
Calumet	2	14	30	46	2	22
Chippewa	2	29	57	88	5	41
Clark	5	13	24	42	6	20
Columbia	1	47	57	105	1	62
Crawford	-	9	16	25	-	11
Dane	5	263	427	695	5	341
Dodge	7	41	54	102	8	62
Door	-	25	20	45	-	27
Douglas	-	16	44	60	-	19
Dunn	3	37	35	75	5	51
Eau Claire	1	41	114	156	1	60
Florence	-	5	1	6	-	6
Fond du Lac	4	54	89	147	4	77
Forest	1	11	8	20	1	13
Grant	3	21	37	61	3	40
Green	1	29	15	45	1	40
Green Lake	-	14	12	26	-	15
Iowa	1	21	21	43	1	31
Iron	1	1	9	11	1	1
Jackson	2	20	26	48	3	23
Jefferson	3	30	64	97	3	38
Juneau	2	21	35	58	2	28
Kenosha	6	88	134	228	7	124
Kewaunee	1	12	11	24	1	14
La Crosse	7	45	113	165	8	59
Lafayette	3	10	16	29	3	17
Langlade	-	11	10	21	-	16
Lincoln	3	15	18	36	3	25
Manitowoc	2	45	49	96	2	50
Marathon	3	66	103	172	3	87
Marinette	-	29	44	73	-	31
Marquette	3	15	10	28	3	23
Menominee	-	1	4	5	-	1
Milwaukee	14	421	687	1,122	16	628
Monroe	2	32	38	72	2	37
Oconto	1	23	34	58	1	25
Oneida	1	27	52	80	1	33
Outagamie	7	73	106	186	8	98
Ozaukee	1	30	39	70	1	41
Pepin	-	1	8	9	-	1
Pierce	-	23	31	54	-	33
Polk	3	37	39	79	4	63
Portage	4	35	46	85	4	51
Price	-	6	4	10	-	8
Racine	2	90	145	237	2	142
Richland	-	10	16	26	-	10
Rock	5	133	184	322	5	185
Rusk	-	6	11	17	-	7
Sauk	1	42	65	108	1	64
Sawyer	1	12	12	25	1	16
Shawano	2	45	45	92	4	67
Sheboygan	3	41	66	110	3	51
St. Croix	2	39	76	117	2	56
Taylor	1	17	16	34	1	25
Trempealeau	1	11	24	36	2	18
Vernon	2	15	27	44	2	20
Vilas	-	25	32	57	-	30
Walworth	5	69	90	164	5	92
Washburn	2	12	18	32	2	18
Washington	1	54	97	152	1	66
Waukesha	10	123	228	361	10	174
Waupaca	1	28	37	66	1	38
Waushara	3	26	28	57	4	32
Winnebago	2	106	135	243	3	146
Wood	5	30	45	80	5	40
Total	168	2,952	4,453	7,573	189	4,065

Impaired Driving Crashes by County and Highway Class

County	Fatal					Injury					Property Damage					Total
	IH	US	State	Cnty	Local	IH	US	State	Cnty	Local	IH	US	State	Cnty	Local
Adams	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	5	8	7	-	-	6	5	9	41
Ashland	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	2	3	-	2	1	2	10	24
Barron	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	6	15	-	6	3	5	21	60
Bayfield	-	-	2	1	-	-	4	3	7	6	-	5	4	4	17	53
Brown	1	-	1	1	4	9	6	13	19	64	10	8	13	27	78	254
Buffalo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	1	-	-	6	2	2	17
Burnett	-	-	1	-	2	-	-	5	3	11	-	-	4	2	13	41
Calumet	-	1	-	-	1	-	1	5	3	5	-	3	4	12	11	46
Chippewa	-	-	1	1	-	-	2	5	13	9	-	1	10	11	35	88
Clark	-	2	-	-	3	-	1	2	4	6	-	3	5	3	13	42
Columbia	-	-	-	-	1	3	6	11	10	17	10	2	12	8	25	105
Crawford	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	5	-	2	5	1	8	25
Dane	-	4	1	-	-	21	49	21	30	142	13	68	21	45	280	695
Dodge	-	4	-	2	1	1	2	12	17	9	2	5	12	8	27	102
Door	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	11	5	-	-	4	3	13	45
Douglas	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	4	7	-	6	2	5	31	60
Dunn	1	1	-	1	-	2	2	11	11	11	2	3	8	6	16	75
Eau Claire	-	1	-	-	-	2	6	2	9	22	2	12	2	5	93	156
Florence	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	1	6
Fond du Lac	-	1	1	1	1	3	5	9	12	25	5	7	7	11	59	147
Forest	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	4	-	6	-	2	1	1	4	20
Grant	-	-	1	-	2	-	1	8	5	7	-	3	7	6	21	61
Green	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	5	17	7	-	-	3	2	10	45
Green Lake	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	6	4	-	-	5	2	5	26
Iowa	-	1	-	-	-	-	3	3	11	4	-	5	5	2	9	43
Iron	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	4	3	11
Jackson	-	1	1	-	-	3	2	2	8	5	2	1	4	4	15	48
Jefferson	-	-	-	2	1	1	3	8	8	10	2	6	8	14	34	97
Juneau	-	-	1	-	1	4	-	2	4	11	5	6	8	6	10	58
Kenosha	1	-	2	3	-	6	1	18	21	42	4	1	31	23	75	228
Kewaunee	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	4	4	4	-	-	3	3	5	24
La Crosse	1	-	1	2	3	-	9	10	9	17	1	19	13	13	67	165
Lafayette	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	3	5	2	-	1	2	7	6	29
Langlade	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	2	6	-	1	2	2	5	21
Lincoln	-	1	-	1	1	-	1	5	3	6	-	-	4	3	11	36
Manitowoc	-	-	-	-	2	5	1	9	11	19	2	7	5	9	26	96
Marathon	-	-	-	1	2	2	1	16	14	33	1	10	11	16	65	172
Marinette	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	2	6	15	-	8	2	7	27	73
Marquette	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	4	5	6	1	-	2	4	3	28
Menominee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	2	1	1	5
Milwaukee	1	1	6	-	6	49	6	81	20	265	125	9	91	20	442	1,122
Monroe	-	-	-	1	1	1	2	18	7	4	1	1	12	4	20	72
Oconto	-	1	-	-	-	-	3	6	7	7	-	6	6	8	14	58
Oneida	-	1	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	17	-	5	6	7	34	80
Outagamie	1	-	4	-	2	4	-	11	25	33	6	-	20	16	64	186
Ozaukee	-	-	1	-	-	6	-	5	6	13	4	-	4	11	20	70
Pepin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	3	2	3	9
Pierce	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	7	3	9	-	4	9	5	13	54
Polk	-	1	-	-	2	-	4	8	10	15	-	4	6	5	24	79
Portage	-	-	2	1	1	1	1	9	8	16	1	1	5	11	28	85
Price	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	2	-	-	-	2	2	10
Racine	1	-	1	-	-	3	1	32	16	38	10	1	35	11	88	237
Richland	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	1	5	-	3	8	-	5	26
Rock	1	2	-	1	1	6	18	27	16	66	13	22	15	16	118	322
Rusk	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	2	-	1	-	1	9	17
Sauk	-	-	1	-	-	2	4	7	14	15	3	4	10	10	38	108
Sawyer	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	4	6	2	-	1	4	1	6	25
Shawano	-	1	1	-	-	-	1	11	14	19	-	2	9	12	22	92
Sheboygan	-	-	-	2	1	1	-	7	11	22	1	-	14	12	39	110
St. Croix	-	-	-	1	1	4	4	14	7	10	7	5	11	16	37	117
Taylor	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	10	5	-	-	4	2	10	34
Trempealeau	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	4	5	1	-	3	9	6	6	36
Vernon	-	-	1	1	-	-	1	6	4	4	-	5	6	3	13	44
Vilas	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	8	8	-	4	8	1	19	57
Walworth	1	1	1	-	2	8	11	14	9	27	1	6	12	12	59	164
Washburn	-	-	-	2	-	-	2	1	5	4	-	3	3	3	9	32
Washington	-	-	-	1	-	6	2	15	8	23	8	4	29	7	49	152
Waukesha	1	1	2	2	4	9	2	16	34	62	15	4	35	40	134	361
Waupaca	-	-	1	-	-	-	2	3	9	14	-	4	5	14	14	66
Waushara	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	8	4	14	2	-	9	3	14	57
Winnebago	-	-	1	-	1	7	12	14	14	59	14	14	13	12	82	243
Wood	-	-	3	1	1	-	-	14	5	11	-	1	12	5	27	80
Total	12	27	46	32	51	169	214	597	606	1,366	273	321	661	572	2,626	7,573
Cnty = County Highway, IH = Interstate Highway.

Impaired Driving Crashes by Time of Day and Day

Time	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Total
12am	161	43	41	49	64	63	103	524
1am	189	44	35	46	52	76	157	599
2am	241	61	36	49	57	98	229	771
3am	133	30	18	15	22	25	129	372
4am	69	11	12	11	13	16	58	190
5am	49	11	9	10	4	12	27	122
6am	24	12	6	15	7	10	28	102
7am	20	12	13	8	18	17	17	105
8am	16	11	6	9	12	14	10	78
9am	19	11	15	14	14	15	9	97
10am	15	17	18	23	15	24	24	136
11am	18	14	17	17	19	22	16	123
12pm	27	11	23	16	18	16	19	130
1pm	21	19	15	20	20	25	29	149
2pm	37	13	21	13	17	41	34	176
3pm	42	31	31	26	34	46	43	253
4pm	59	37	32	41	45	54	59	327
5pm	68	42	49	45	56	75	76	411
6pm	75	44	53	48	46	76	75	417
7pm	74	50	48	43	48	72	101	436
8pm	77	33	49	50	74	87	93	463
9pm	80	36	46	42	59	122	127	512
10pm	83	45	46	58	71	107	125	535
11pm	45	32	45	70	71	109	123	495
Unk.	15	4	8	2	1	6	14	50