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	-	-	4	9	6	5	4	2	1	-	-	31
Ashland	-	-	8	7	4	-	1	1	-	-	-	21
Barron	-	-	13	15	24	8	7	4	-	-	-	71
Bayfield	-	-	5	8	9	5	4	-	-	-	-	31
Brown	-	1	79	94	45	24	23	9	1	1	-	277
Buffalo	-	-	4	10	3	4	4	-	-	-	-	25
Burnett	-	-	8	12	13	5	5	2	-	-	-	45
Calumet	-	-	9	13	7	4	4	2	-	-	-	39
Chippewa	-	-	16	31	26	12	9	3	-	-	-	97
Clark	-	1	8	15	4	9	3	2	1	-	-	43
Columbia	-	-	22	37	29	15	11	6	2	-	-	122
Crawford	-	-	7	8	4	1	8	2	2	-	-	32
Dane	-	-	139	193	115	72	46	13	5	1	1	585
Dodge	-	-	22	33	32	16	5	6	-	-	-	114
Door	-	-	10	11	8	3	5	2	-	-	-	39
Douglas	-	-	16	23	12	8	9	3	-	-	-	71
Dunn	-	-	16	32	23	8	2	-	-	-	-	81
Eau Claire	-	-	36	47	30	16	8	2	3	-	-	142
Florence	-	-	1	3	4	3	1	-	-	-	-	12
Fond du Lac	-	-	35	58	28	19	14	10	2	-	-	166
Forest	-	-	4	6	4	4	1	-	-	-	-	19
Grant	-	-	14	28	13	4	10	6	-	-	-	75
Green	-	-	10	15	6	7	5	-	-	-	-	43
Green Lake	-	-	2	4	9	2	9	-	2	-	-	28
Iowa	-	-	11	15	14	5	5	4	-	-	-	54
Iron	-	-	-	4	2	2	-	2	-	-	-	10
Jackson	-	-	4	15	8	4	3	1	-	-	-	35
Jefferson	-	-	24	38	24	11	11	1	-	-	1	110
Juneau	-	-	16	13	19	6	5	2	1	-	-	62
Kenosha	-	-	59	104	58	37	19	6	-	-	-	283
Kewaunee	-	-	7	8	8	4	-	-	-	-	-	27
La Crosse	-	-	42	42	22	19	12	5	-	-	-	142
Lafayette	-	-	6	16	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	28
Langlade	-	-	12	14	6	5	5	3	-	-	-	45
Lincoln	-	-	5	17	3	4	5	1	-	-	-	35
Manitowoc	-	-	21	31	20	13	9	9	-	-	-	103
Marathon	-	-	34	59	33	19	14	3	2	-	-	164
Marinette	-	-	12	24	16	7	3	4	1	-	-	67
Marquette	-	-	1	5	8	2	3	1	-	-	-	20
Menominee	-	-	-	1	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	4
Milwaukee	-	-	209	436	285	165	109	37	8	-	-	1,249
Monroe	-	-	16	20	14	7	5	-	-	-	-	62
Oconto	-	-	18	27	8	11	6	1	1	-	-	72
Oneida	-	-	12	23	18	11	12	3	-	-	-	79
Outagamie	-	-	56	70	42	17	18	5	1	-	-	209
Ozaukee	-	-	13	27	25	10	19	6	-	-	-	100
Pepin	-	-	1	2	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	7
Pierce	-	-	14	19	18	5	9	1	-	-	-	66
Polk	-	-	21	20	18	12	11	2	1	-	-	85
Portage	-	-	34	30	27	19	8	5	-	-	-	123
Price	-	-	4	5	4	2	3	-	-	-	-	18
Racine	-	1	57	82	59	41	31	9	1	1	-	282
Richland	-	-	3	5	4	3	4	1	1	-	-	21
Rock	-	-	67	106	58	46	28	5	1	-	-	311
Rusk	-	-	6	5	7	1	3	1	-	-	-	23
Sauk	-	-	35	42	23	14	10	3	-	-	-	127
Sawyer	-	-	5	17	3	7	1	3	1	-	-	37
Shawano	-	-	15	26	11	15	9	6	-	1	-	83
Sheboygan	-	-	40	47	41	15	13	6	2	-	-	164
St. Croix	-	-	34	33	36	21	9	4	-	-	-	137
Taylor	-	-	7	6	7	5	2	1	-	-	-	28
Trempealeau	-	-	6	15	3	2	3	3	1	-	-	33
Vernon	-	-	11	8	8	6	2	5	-	-	-	40
Vilas	-	-	11	15	19	11	9	2	1	-	-	68
Walworth	-	-	34	55	22	24	13	13	6	1	-	168
Washburn	-	-	5	6	7	6	3	-	-	-	-	27
Washington	-	-	30	56	44	18	28	8	1	-	-	185
Waukesha	-	-	57	113	74	43	34	11	5	-	-	337
Waupaca	-	-	20	21	23	9	9	5	1	-	1	89
Waushara	-	-	12	13	8	8	5	-	-	-	-	46
Winnebago	-	1	35	66	46	24	16	2	1	-	-	191
Wood	-	-	12	21	13	16	11	2	2	-	-	77
Total	-	4	1,642	2,555	1,680	989	739	267	58	5	3	7,942

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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	4
15-24	2	17	25	82	66	194	45	96	304	811	1,642
25-34	9	30	40	150	103	285	68	147	445	1,278	2,555
35-44	3	20	30	89	68	193	45	110	317	805	1,680
45-54	5	19	19	58	32	93	23	52	195	493	989
55-64	-	12	7	44	21	88	14	44	130	379	739
65-74	-	10	3	13	3	28	8	19	43	140	267
75-84	-	1	1	4	2	6	-	6	12	26	58
85+	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	2	5
Unknown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	3
Total	19	109	125	440	295	888	203	475	1,450	3,938	7,942
M = Male F = Female U = Unknown.

Impaired Drivers by Vehicle Type

County	Fatal	Injury	Property Damage	Total
Passenger Car	69	1,567	2,731	4,367
(Sport) Utility Vehicle	30	654	1,084	1,768
Utility Truck/Pickup Truck	30	467	820	1,317
Motorcycle	38	163	12	213
Passenger Van	5	70	113	188
Cargo Van (10,000 Lbs or Less)	-	8	13	21
Straight Truck	-	2	18	20
Moped	-	15	2	17
Truck Tractor (Trailer Attached)	1	4	9	14
AgCMV (Ag Commercial Motor Vehicle)	-	1	2	3
ATV/UTV (Utility Terrain Vehicle)	-	2	-	2
Motor Home	-	1	1	2
Snowmobile	-	2	-	2
Farm Tractor/Self Propelled	-	1	-	1
Low Speed Vehicle	-	-	1	1
Mini Bike/Dirt Bike	1	-	-	1
Miscellaneous	-	1	-	1
Motor Coach	-	-	1	1
Other Working Machine	-	1	-	1
School Bus	-	-	1	1
Truck Tractor (More Than One Trailer)	-	-	1	1
Total	174	2,959	4,809	7,942

Drinking Rates by Vehicle Type/Role

Role	Incidence of Drug/Alcohol Impairment in a Crash	Drinking Rate*
Driver of a Passenger Vehicle	7,661	41
Driver of a Motorcycle/Moped	230	105
Driver of a School Bus	1	3
Other	15	8
Driver of a CMV	35	5
Bicycle	-	-
Bicycle	19	27
Pedestrian	111	78
*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	-	11	11
10-14	4	170	174
15-19	362	20,079	20,441
20-24	1,280	21,687	22,967
25-29	1,313	18,484	19,797
30-34	1,242	16,531	17,773
35-39	984	14,916	15,900
40-44	696	13,188	13,884
45-49	509	11,347	11,856
50-54	480	11,800	12,280
55-59	440	11,818	12,258
60-64	299	10,898	11,197
65-69	167	7,932	8,099
70+	163	13,982	14,145
Unknown age group was removed.

Drug Use of the Driver

Drug Type	Fatal	Injury	Property Damage	Total
CNS Stimulant	7	12	16	35
Cannabis	13	19	30	62
Central Nervous System (CNS) Depressant	2	14	8	24
Hallucingens	-	-	2	2
Inhalants	1	1	-	2
Narcotic Analgesics	2	6	18	26
Other	5	5	5	15
Total	30	57	79	166
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	-	14	17	31	-	18
Ashland	-	8	13	21	-	11
Barron	4	27	37	68	4	39
Bayfield	-	14	17	31	-	14
Brown	1	113	157	271	2	144
Buffalo	-	10	15	25	-	15
Burnett	3	17	25	45	3	23
Calumet	1	16	22	39	1	22
Chippewa	1	34	59	94	1	36
Clark	1	18	23	42	1	23
Columbia	4	44	73	121	5	55
Crawford	-	10	22	32	-	14
Dane	16	206	357	579	20	287
Dodge	1	55	55	111	1	70
Door	-	20	18	38	-	23
Douglas	2	23	46	71	2	31
Dunn	3	34	38	75	3	51
Eau Claire	-	52	88	140	-	68
Florence	1	6	5	12	1	7
Fond du Lac	2	54	108	164	2	79
Forest	-	7	12	19	-	7
Grant	2	28	45	75	2	41
Green	2	19	22	43	2	23
Green Lake	1	7	20	28	1	10
Iowa	1	18	34	53	1	25
Iron	-	2	8	10	-	3
Jackson	1	12	20	33	1	15
Jefferson	-	36	74	110	-	40
Juneau	1	23	37	61	1	24
Kenosha	4	105	169	278	4	148
Kewaunee	-	13	12	25	-	17
La Crosse	2	46	94	142	2	58
Lafayette	1	10	17	28	1	12
Langlade	1	16	28	45	1	27
Lincoln	2	10	23	35	2	10
Manitowoc	5	46	52	103	5	60
Marathon	7	59	94	160	8	77
Marinette	2	31	34	67	2	34
Marquette	2	5	13	20	3	7
Menominee	1	2	1	4	1	2
Milwaukee	15	441	776	1,232	15	599
Monroe	3	24	34	61	4	36
Oconto	4	34	33	71	4	44
Oneida	2	23	51	76	2	31
Outagamie	5	61	141	207	5	91
Ozaukee	1	34	63	98	1	38
Pepin	1	2	4	7	1	3
Pierce	4	22	39	65	4	24
Polk	1	40	43	84	1	51
Portage	5	39	75	119	6	49
Price	-	10	8	18	-	11
Racine	3	115	155	273	3	176
Richland	1	8	11	20	1	15
Rock	9	117	181	307	9	166
Rusk	1	7	15	23	1	8
Sauk	5	39	82	126	7	70
Sawyer	2	20	14	36	2	28
Shawano	3	31	45	79	3	38
Sheboygan	4	54	104	162	4	77
St. Croix	2	43	92	137	2	61
Taylor	2	12	14	28	2	23
Trempealeau	1	14	18	33	1	22
Vernon	2	16	22	40	2	25
Vilas	-	30	37	67	-	32
Walworth	3	63	99	165	3	83
Washburn	1	15	11	27	1	23
Washington	3	61	120	184	3	79
Waukesha	5	102	222	329	6	135
Waupaca	3	29	57	89	3	40
Waushara	1	16	29	46	1	20
Winnebago	4	65	121	190	4	85
Wood	-	31	44	75	-	44
Total	171	2,888	4,764	7,823	184	3,897

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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	4	-	-	2	7	8	31
Ashland	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	4	-	2	2	-	9	21
Barron	-	-	1	3	-	-	4	2	9	12	-	7	1	9	20	68
Bayfield	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	5	3	-	4	5	5	3	31
Brown	-	-	-	-	1	9	5	20	20	59	9	9	25	23	91	271
Buffalo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	6	2	-	1	7	2	5	25
Burnett	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	6	7	4	-	-	8	8	9	45
Calumet	-	-	1	-	-	-	3	3	3	7	-	2	6	3	11	39
Chippewa	-	-	-	-	1	-	3	7	8	16	-	6	10	15	28	94
Clark	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	3	7	7	-	1	3	4	15	42
Columbia	1	-	2	1	-	8	5	17	7	7	18	1	13	13	28	121
Crawford	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	2	1	-	3	9	2	8	32
Dane	1	5	1	3	6	12	47	15	39	93	24	59	22	40	212	579
Dodge	-	-	-	-	1	2	5	14	20	14	1	6	14	6	28	111
Door	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	3	11	-	-	2	8	8	38
Douglas	-	-	1	1	-	-	4	2	7	10	1	7	5	5	28	71
Dunn	-	1	1	1	-	7	3	10	6	8	6	2	11	5	14	75
Eau Claire	-	-	-	-	-	3	14	4	8	23	5	11	8	9	55	140
Florence	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	4	-	-	2	-	2	1	12
Fond du Lac	-	1	-	-	1	3	9	4	16	22	9	12	5	19	63	164
Forest	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	2	-	-	3	3	6	19
Grant	-	-	1	-	1	-	10	2	6	10	-	9	8	5	23	75
Green	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	4	5	10	-	-	5	5	12	43
Green Lake	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	3	2	-	-	6	4	10	28
Iowa	-	-	1	-	-	-	4	4	5	5	-	6	5	8	15	53
Iron	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	4	1	1	2	10
Jackson	-	-	-	-	1	1	3	3	3	2	1	1	3	6	9	33
Jefferson	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	6	9	15	5	5	18	13	33	110
Juneau	-	-	-	1	-	-	5	1	6	11	8	1	5	7	16	61
Kenosha	-	-	1	2	1	5	1	28	28	43	8	1	39	30	91	278
Kewaunee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	6	5	-	-	2	6	4	25
La Crosse	-	-	-	1	1	-	14	9	5	18	1	13	21	16	43	142
Lafayette	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	3	6	1	-	-	6	3	8	28
Langlade	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	8	6	-	5	4	4	15	45
Lincoln	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	1	1	7	-	-	7	5	11	35
Manitowoc	2	-	-	3	-	4	5	7	10	20	1	2	4	15	30	103
Marathon	1	-	4	2	-	3	4	9	20	23	-	3	27	8	56	160
Marinette	-	1	-	1	-	-	4	3	13	11	-	5	3	6	20	67
Marquette	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	1	2	1	2	-	3	4	4	20
Menominee	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	1	-	-	4
Milwaukee	-	1	4	1	9	79	3	87	24	248	120	6	133	44	473	1,232
Monroe	3	-	-	-	-	2	2	6	3	11	3	2	8	1	20	61
Oconto	-	-	2	2	-	-	6	4	13	11	-	5	9	5	14	71
Oneida	-	1	-	-	1	-	1	2	4	16	-	6	4	9	32	76
Outagamie	-	-	-	3	2	4	1	9	15	32	11	-	34	22	74	207
Ozaukee	1	-	-	-	-	6	-	3	13	12	14	-	15	6	28	98
Pepin	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	2	-	2	7
Pierce	-	1	2	1	-	-	2	7	4	9	-	3	10	5	21	65
Polk	-	-	-	-	1	-	7	9	10	14	-	3	10	11	19	84
Portage	-	2	-	-	3	1	2	7	10	19	2	3	10	14	46	119
Price	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	1	3	-	1	1	1	5	18
Racine	-	-	-	-	3	9	2	25	14	65	9	1	42	7	96	273
Richland	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	4	3	1	-	1	3	2	5	20
Rock	1	2	2	1	3	12	14	21	16	54	14	22	27	14	104	307
Rusk	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	-	-	1	4	10	23
Sauk	-	-	2	3	-	5	4	3	12	15	8	8	8	11	47	126
Sawyer	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	2	12	6	-	-	1	3	10	36
Shawano	-	-	-	1	2	-	2	7	11	11	-	-	11	13	21	79
Sheboygan	1	-	1	1	1	3	-	20	13	18	5	-	24	13	62	162
St. Croix	1	-	-	1	-	3	5	9	10	16	10	8	19	9	46	137
Taylor	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	2	7	3	-	-	7	2	5	28
Trempealeau	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	4	3	6	-	-	6	3	9	33
Vernon	-	1	-	-	1	-	1	7	6	2	-	3	10	1	8	40
Vilas	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	8	7	10	-	5	9	4	19	67
Walworth	-	1	1	1	-	2	9	10	14	28	5	5	18	15	56	165
Washburn	-	-	-	1	-	-	5	1	4	5	-	2	2	2	5	27
Washington	-	1	1	-	1	11	3	13	12	22	11	4	25	14	66	184
Waukesha	1	-	1	2	1	14	4	12	22	50	37	7	28	49	101	329
Waupaca	-	-	1	1	1	-	8	3	6	12	-	7	16	11	23	89
Waushara	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	5	5	6	2	-	9	10	8	46
Winnebago	-	-	3	-	1	4	7	11	15	28	9	8	19	13	72	190
Wood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	4	19	-	1	11	3	29	75
Total	13	20	41	51	46	217	263	531	621	1,256	359	301	861	655	2,588	7,823
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	137	50	33	46	47	90	121	524
1am	155	49	38	48	57	89	134	570
2am	221	54	41	37	46	92	197	688
3am	98	16	28	17	21	40	119	339
4am	56	17	8	10	7	15	55	168
5am	44	12	8	10	11	14	32	131
6am	16	8	7	11	10	13	16	81
7am	23	15	8	13	16	9	15	99
8am	17	18	10	5	10	17	18	95
9am	13	12	19	11	7	13	15	90
10am	15	13	14	10	8	13	21	94
11am	20	25	20	15	13	26	29	148
12pm	14	19	27	14	26	19	21	140
1pm	14	24	22	25	25	17	31	158
2pm	32	25	21	25	33	31	36	203
3pm	52	31	35	37	27	37	50	269
4pm	49	41	40	57	44	59	57	347
5pm	60	58	51	46	38	54	72	379
6pm	93	43	48	47	59	78	106	474
7pm	92	52	34	48	58	65	118	467
8pm	82	35	59	44	67	92	98	477
9pm	80	60	46	68	83	102	109	548
10pm	71	44	57	59	92	111	150	584
11pm	55	41	49	47	60	114	123	489
Unk.	63	22	25	22	22	42	65	261