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	-	-	7	6	10	8	6	1	1	-	-	39
Ashland	-	-	3	4	2	4	5	-	-	-	-	18
Barron	-	-	21	16	7	9	8	4	-	-	-	65
Bayfield	-	-	9	8	5	4	3	2	-	1	-	32
Brown	-	1	65	93	47	32	20	5	3	1	-	267
Buffalo	-	-	3	6	4	3	-	2	-	-	-	18
Burnett	-	-	14	8	6	3	4	-	-	-	2	37
Calumet	-	-	14	13	6	8	1	1	1	-	-	44
Chippewa	-	-	27	25	16	8	11	1	1	-	-	89
Clark	-	-	11	11	7	8	6	2	-	-	-	45
Columbia	-	-	15	18	19	14	9	4	-	-	-	79
Crawford	-	-	4	12	4	1	4	1	-	-	-	26
Dane	-	1	146	227	108	76	67	20	4	-	1	650
Dodge	-	-	20	48	25	9	6	3	1	-	-	112
Door	-	-	11	10	10	6	2	2	1	-	-	42
Douglas	-	-	11	17	7	10	9	2	-	-	-	56
Dunn	-	-	14	19	12	16	5	-	-	-	-	66
Eau Claire	-	-	47	41	26	16	13	2	-	-	1	146
Florence	-	-	1	2	2	1	2	-	-	1	-	9
Fond du Lac	-	-	35	32	24	21	14	5	2	1	1	135
Forest	-	-	5	3	3	2	3	-	-	-	-	16
Grant	-	-	17	18	10	5	4	1	-	-	-	55
Green	-	-	13	11	6	9	7	4	1	-	-	51
Green Lake	-	-	3	7	4	2	2	2	1	-	-	21
Iowa	-	-	9	13	8	5	5	1	-	-	-	41
Iron	-	-	2	3	2	4	1	-	-	-	-	12
Jackson	-	-	7	10	3	5	3	1	-	-	-	29
Jefferson	-	-	38	43	22	15	11	5	-	-	-	134
Juneau	-	-	15	19	6	7	3	3	-	-	-	53
Kenosha	-	-	46	97	34	35	26	6	2	-	-	246
Kewaunee	-	-	3	6	3	3	4	-	-	-	-	19
La Crosse	-	-	49	55	25	25	24	6	1	-	-	185
Lafayette	-	-	8	10	7	4	4	-	-	-	-	33
Langlade	-	-	4	9	2	4	6	2	-	-	-	27
Lincoln	-	-	12	9	11	6	2	1	1	-	-	42
Manitowoc	-	-	17	22	21	12	10	5	2	-	-	89
Marathon	-	-	31	55	28	19	12	9	1	1	-	156
Marinette	-	-	16	23	25	10	12	6	-	-	-	92
Marquette	-	-	5	3	7	9	4	2	1	-	-	31
Menominee	-	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	3
Milwaukee	-	-	238	409	239	189	125	41	5	-	-	1,246
Monroe	-	-	27	24	7	17	3	3	1	-	-	82
Oconto	-	-	12	6	8	9	5	1	1	-	-	42
Oneida	-	-	14	23	13	12	9	3	1	-	-	75
Outagamie	-	-	36	68	39	27	21	6	1	-	-	198
Ozaukee	-	-	14	29	14	15	6	2	2	-	-	82
Pepin	-	-	1	-	2	3	5	-	-	-	-	11
Pierce	-	-	11	21	12	11	3	-	-	-	-	58
Polk	-	-	26	23	16	12	14	4	-	-	-	95
Portage	-	-	25	24	18	12	3	2	-	-	-	84
Price	-	-	5	3	1	5	2	-	-	-	-	16
Racine	-	-	41	90	46	34	39	11	1	-	-	262
Richland	-	-	5	7	2	7	1	-	-	-	-	22
Rock	-	-	60	103	49	34	22	8	1	-	-	277
Rusk	-	-	8	10	5	1	4	2	-	-	-	30
Sauk	-	-	35	37	36	12	5	1	1	-	-	127
Sawyer	-	-	9	11	4	4	2	-	-	-	-	30
Shawano	-	-	26	22	12	11	8	2	1	-	-	82
Sheboygan	-	-	43	48	26	24	15	2	1	-	1	160
St. Croix	-	-	26	34	33	17	13	5	1	-	-	129
Taylor	-	-	9	13	3	2	2	-	-	-	-	29
Trempealeau	-	-	12	19	8	8	6	-	3	-	-	56
Vernon	-	-	4	12	9	9	2	1	-	-	-	37
Vilas	-	-	6	12	11	4	8	2	-	-	-	43
Walworth	-	-	47	56	27	18	11	5	3	-	-	167
Washburn	-	-	3	8	3	6	5	1	-	-	-	26
Washington	-	-	42	40	43	28	20	3	-	-	-	176
Waukesha	-	-	59	98	71	43	51	18	2	1	-	343
Waupaca	-	-	18	32	14	10	9	2	-	1	-	86
Waushara	-	-	13	11	5	6	5	-	3	-	-	43
Winnebago	-	-	56	54	33	30	20	11	4	-	-	208
Wood	-	-	18	21	15	9	7	4	3	-	-	77
Total	-	2	1,728	2,400	1,399	1,068	789	251	59	7	6	7,709

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	U
0-4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5-14	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	2
15-24	6	23	22	83	68	230	46	111	302	837	-	1,728
25-34	2	27	36	116	86	275	61	178	449	1,170	-	2,400
35-44	1	12	25	88	47	152	37	81	270	686	-	1,399
45-54	3	18	18	64	46	111	25	61	202	520	-	1,068
55-64	3	16	13	44	28	103	17	46	131	388	-	789
65-74	1	-	2	14	7	30	6	15	38	138	-	251
75-84	-	-	-	2	2	6	1	6	9	33	-	59
85+	-	-	-	1	1	2	-	-	1	2	-	7
Unknown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	4	1	6
Total	16	96	116	412	285	910	193	499	1,402	3,779	1	7,709
M = Male F = Female U = Unknown.

Impaired Drivers by Vehicle Type

County	Fatal	Injury	Property Damage	Total
Passenger Car	91	1,684	2,812	4,587
(Sport) Utility Vehicle	26	551	829	1,406
Utility Truck/Pickup Truck	25	451	750	1,226
Motorcycle	20	185	9	214
Passenger Van	2	85	106	193
Cargo Van (10,000 Lbs or Less)	1	9	17	27
Truck Tractor (Trailer Attached)	-	5	14	19
Straight Truck	-	3	12	15
Moped	-	9	1	10
Farm Tractor/Self Propelled	-	1	2	3
Snowmobile	-	2	1	3
ATV/UTV (Utility Terrain Vehicle)	-	2	-	2
AgCMV (Ag Commercial Motor Vehicle)	-	1	-	1
Mini Bike/Dirt Bike	-	1	-	1
Motor Home	-	-	1	1
Truck Tractor (Trailer Not Attached)	-	-	1	1
Total	165	2,989	4,555	7,709

Drinking Rates by Vehicle Type/Role

Role	Incidence of Drug/Alcohol Impairment in a Crash	Drinking Rate*
Driver of a Passenger Vehicle	7,439	35
Driver of a Motorcycle/Moped	224	107
Other	11	5
Driver of a CMV	35	4
Driver of a School Bus	-	-
Bicycle	23	27
Pedestrian	124	79
*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	-	12	12
10-14	2	88	90
15-19	356	21,282	21,638
20-24	1,372	24,706	26,078
25-29	1,317	22,270	23,587
30-34	1,083	19,222	20,305
35-39	852	17,352	18,204
40-44	547	14,674	15,221
45-49	568	14,799	15,367
50-54	500	14,899	15,399
55-59	479	15,081	15,560
60-64	310	12,549	12,859
65-69	168	9,160	9,328
70+	149	15,591	15,740
Unknown age group was removed.

Drug Use of the Driver

Drug Type	Fatal	Injury	Property Damage	Total
CNS Stimulant	9	9	5	23
Cannabis	23	18	24	65
Central Nervous System (CNS) Depressant	2	6	3	11
Dissociatives Anti.	-	2	-	2
Hallucingens	1	1	2	4
Inhalants	-	1	-	1
Narcotic Analgesics	-	14	2	16
Other	8	15	5	28
Phencyclidine	-	1	-	1
Steroids	-	1	-	1
Total	43	68	41	152
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	17	21	39	1	25
Ashland	-	5	13	18	-	5
Barron	2	32	31	65	2	46
Bayfield	-	15	17	32	-	20
Brown	6	100	157	263	7	128
Buffalo	1	8	9	18	1	9
Burnett	1	17	19	37	1	22
Calumet	3	15	26	44	3	25
Chippewa	3	32	52	87	7	45
Clark	1	20	24	45	1	24
Columbia	3	20	55	78	5	53
Crawford	1	13	12	26	1	16
Dane	13	233	397	643	13	321
Dodge	5	58	49	112	6	69
Door	1	18	23	42	1	23
Douglas	1	30	25	56	1	46
Dunn	4	25	36	65	4	31
Eau Claire	4	41	99	144	4	51
Florence	-	2	7	9	-	2
Fond du Lac	3	45	87	135	4	55
Forest	1	6	9	16	1	12
Grant	1	24	30	55	1	33
Green	2	25	24	51	2	33
Green Lake	-	10	11	21	-	10
Iowa	1	20	19	40	1	23
Iron	1	4	6	11	1	5
Jackson	1	14	14	29	1	20
Jefferson	5	48	79	132	6	63
Juneau	1	17	31	49	2	20
Kenosha	4	99	139	242	5	156
Kewaunee	-	8	11	19	-	9
La Crosse	2	50	131	183	2	64
Lafayette	1	17	15	33	1	18
Langlade	-	9	18	27	-	13
Lincoln	1	18	22	41	1	26
Manitowoc	2	41	46	89	2	59
Marathon	3	50	98	151	3	62
Marinette	3	29	54	86	3	37
Marquette	1	18	12	31	1	21
Menominee	-	2	1	3	-	3
Milwaukee	18	477	733	1,228	22	687
Monroe	1	29	52	82	1	41
Oconto	3	20	19	42	3	30
Oneida	2	25	48	75	2	28
Outagamie	2	73	119	194	2	98
Ozaukee	2	30	49	81	2	44
Pepin	1	6	4	11	1	8
Pierce	-	23	35	58	-	28
Polk	3	42	48	93	4	54
Portage	1	32	51	84	1	39
Price	-	6	10	16	-	7
Racine	5	110	144	259	6	162
Richland	-	5	17	22	-	5
Rock	7	107	162	276	7	148
Rusk	1	12	14	27	1	16
Sauk	3	41	78	122	3	53
Sawyer	1	17	11	29	1	24
Shawano	1	40	40	81	1	48
Sheboygan	1	53	103	157	2	70
St. Croix	4	43	82	129	5	55
Taylor	2	10	17	29	4	12
Trempealeau	-	14	42	56	-	16
Vernon	2	13	20	35	2	19
Vilas	2	19	22	43	2	30
Walworth	-	77	88	165	-	106
Washburn	-	17	9	26	-	25
Washington	2	71	102	175	2	93
Waukesha	5	111	216	332	5	147
Waupaca	1	39	45	85	1	46
Waushara	1	16	26	43	1	22
Winnebago	2	80	124	206	2	106
Wood	-	27	50	77	-	31
Total	156	2,940	4,509	7,605	178	4,001

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	5	7	-	-	4	3	14	39
Ashland	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	2	-	4	4	1	4	18
Barron	-	-	-	1	1	-	7	2	9	14	-	5	2	12	12	65
Bayfield	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	6	4	-	-	4	3	10	32
Brown	-	-	1	3	2	5	6	20	15	54	23	10	25	24	75	263
Buffalo	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	6	1	1	-	-	1	5	3	18
Burnett	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	7	5	5	-	-	5	4	10	37
Calumet	-	-	1	2	-	-	1	5	3	6	-	4	4	5	13	44
Chippewa	-	-	-	3	-	-	1	10	10	11	-	3	10	14	25	87
Clark	-	-	-	-	1	-	4	6	-	10	-	1	6	7	10	45
Columbia	-	-	3	-	-	3	3	4	4	6	8	3	12	13	19	78
Crawford	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	4	-	7	-	1	3	2	6	26
Dane	2	4	1	3	3	22	59	12	36	104	24	75	20	49	229	643
Dodge	-	-	2	2	1	2	6	16	18	16	1	2	12	6	28	112
Door	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	3	8	7	-	-	9	3	11	42
Douglas	-	-	-	1	-	-	8	3	6	13	-	1	4	7	13	56
Dunn	-	-	4	-	-	3	2	5	10	5	4	1	5	6	20	65
Eau Claire	-	2	-	2	-	-	7	3	9	22	3	9	9	12	66	144
Florence	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	1	-	2	4	9
Fond du Lac	-	1	-	2	-	2	6	10	9	18	8	12	5	15	47	135
Forest	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	3	1	2	-	1	5	1	2	16
Grant	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	8	9	6	-	9	9	4	8	55
Green	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	6	10	9	-	-	9	7	8	51
Green Lake	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	4	-	-	2	1	8	21
Iowa	-	-	-	1	-	-	5	5	7	3	-	1	1	11	6	40
Iron	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	2	-	1	3	-	2	11
Jackson	-	-	-	1	-	1	2	6	3	2	2	-	3	3	6	29
Jefferson	-	2	1	-	2	3	4	8	12	21	7	5	17	15	35	132
Juneau	-	1	-	-	-	4	1	4	7	1	1	3	6	5	16	49
Kenosha	-	-	-	3	1	4	3	21	24	47	6	2	32	22	77	242
Kewaunee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	2	-	-	2	7	2	19
La Crosse	1	-	1	-	-	-	7	12	7	24	1	21	21	16	72	183
Lafayette	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	9	5	3	-	-	4	4	7	33
Langlade	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	2	3	-	5	2	2	9	27
Lincoln	-	-	-	1	-	-	3	4	6	5	-	1	7	7	7	41
Manitowoc	-	1	1	-	-	6	1	2	10	22	3	6	2	6	29	89
Marathon	1	-	1	1	-	-	3	12	14	21	3	11	13	15	56	151
Marinette	-	-	-	3	-	-	8	3	8	10	-	12	2	13	27	86
Marquette	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	8	4	6	2	-	4	3	3	31
Menominee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	1	-	-	3
Milwaukee	1	-	3	-	14	61	4	81	29	302	105	12	105	25	486	1,228
Monroe	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	9	6	11	5	5	8	8	26	82
Oconto	-	2	-	-	1	-	3	2	9	6	-	3	1	4	11	42
Oneida	-	1	-	-	1	-	6	2	6	11	-	3	-	10	35	75
Outagamie	1	-	1	-	-	8	1	14	17	33	9	-	21	21	68	194
Ozaukee	-	-	2	-	-	6	-	3	6	15	10	-	10	7	22	81
Pepin	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	3	1	-	2	-	-	2	11
Pierce	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	7	8	5	-	8	6	12	9	58
Polk	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	12	13	17	-	1	11	11	25	93
Portage	-	-	-	-	1	4	3	3	11	11	2	2	11	12	24	84
Price	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	2	-	-	4	2	4	16
Racine	-	-	1	2	2	2	1	26	21	60	7	1	37	15	84	259
Richland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	1	-	5	5	3	4	22
Rock	-	-	2	1	4	10	14	8	12	63	11	14	21	15	101	276
Rusk	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	4	4	3	-	3	2	3	6	27
Sauk	-	1	1	-	1	3	2	10	6	20	5	10	13	11	39	122
Sawyer	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	5	9	2	-	1	1	2	7	29
Shawano	-	-	1	-	-	-	2	13	13	12	-	-	10	11	19	81
Sheboygan	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	10	22	18	7	-	15	21	60	157
St. Croix	-	-	2	2	-	4	2	8	10	19	11	3	12	14	42	129
Taylor	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	3	5	2	-	-	1	8	8	29
Trempealeau	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	5	4	-	4	14	7	17	56
Vernon	-	-	1	1	-	-	2	1	6	4	-	3	8	4	5	35
Vilas	-	1	-	1	-	-	3	6	2	8	-	6	8	3	5	43
Walworth	-	-	-	-	-	3	11	15	18	30	3	8	13	14	50	165
Washburn	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	1	4	7	-	1	-	1	7	26
Washington	1	-	-	-	1	8	4	12	13	34	15	3	17	10	57	175
Waukesha	1	-	-	2	2	13	3	19	27	49	22	2	23	58	111	332
Waupaca	-	-	-	1	-	-	5	9	9	16	-	2	8	14	21	85
Waushara	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	3	9	3	1	-	8	4	13	43
Winnebago	-	1	-	1	-	11	10	10	8	41	6	11	18	12	77	206
Wood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	13	-	-	16	7	27	77
Total	8	20	37	48	43	195	247	554	613	1,331	315	323	716	684	2,471	7,605
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	157	59	38	48	70	71	121	564
1am	172	57	40	42	50	80	148	589
2am	245	53	32	49	60	70	203	712
3am	114	28	15	23	22	27	115	344
4am	73	25	10	15	16	18	40	197
5am	38	13	6	13	8	10	32	120
6am	23	13	8	6	4	13	19	86
7am	27	6	11	11	23	16	17	111
8am	11	13	12	8	12	7	13	76
9am	17	14	13	16	12	12	18	102
10am	27	7	13	16	15	17	19	114
11am	26	15	15	20	17	17	28	138
12pm	24	24	16	11	21	26	28	150
1pm	23	20	17	19	20	29	21	149
2pm	43	28	19	20	26	32	39	207
3pm	55	29	34	32	34	30	43	257
4pm	50	42	28	35	38	58	60	311
5pm	78	56	61	36	41	63	85	420
6pm	87	71	32	65	49	83	86	473
7pm	81	56	45	58	54	67	82	443
8pm	76	53	62	45	47	80	92	455
9pm	68	59	52	72	70	101	112	534
10pm	54	51	63	57	64	103	124	516
11pm	68	42	42	58	58	80	128	476
Unk.	19	6	3	3	4	9	17	61