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	-	-	8	12	8	3	7	2	1	-	-	41
Ashland	-	-	-	9	2	4	-	-	-	-	-	15
Barron	-	-	16	13	7	3	5	2	-	-	-	46
Bayfield	-	-	7	2	10	3	4	-	-	-	-	26
Brown	-	-	50	83	47	27	22	6	1	-	-	236
Buffalo	-	-	4	6	3	6	1	1	-	-	-	21
Burnett	-	-	4	6	6	4	7	1	1	-	1	30
Calumet	-	-	9	17	7	5	3	1	-	-	-	42
Chippewa	-	-	15	27	11	16	6	4	-	-	-	79
Clark	-	-	15	6	2	6	6	1	-	-	-	36
Columbia	-	-	20	30	12	19	9	2	1	-	-	93
Crawford	-	-	2	7	3	4	6	-	1	-	-	23
Dane	-	2	137	202	133	65	63	16	3	1	1	623
Dodge	-	-	25	21	19	9	9	1	-	-	1	85
Door	-	-	7	21	9	5	7	2	1	-	-	52
Douglas	-	-	14	19	20	10	9	2	1	-	-	75
Dunn	-	-	10	18	11	10	6	3	-	-	-	58
Eau Claire	-	-	37	47	27	13	9	9	1	-	-	143
Florence	-	-	3	-	2	-	1	1	-	-	-	7
Fond du Lac	-	-	34	39	26	16	17	5	1	1	1	140
Forest	-	-	5	7	1	4	-	-	-	-	-	17
Grant	-	-	19	21	7	9	2	4	-	-	-	62
Green	-	-	18	22	8	11	7	3	1	-	-	70
Green Lake	-	-	3	6	3	5	1	1	-	1	-	20
Iowa	-	-	9	15	6	4	3	-	-	-	-	37
Iron	-	-	-	8	1	4	-	1	-	-	-	14
Jackson	-	-	9	9	6	7	3	1	-	-	-	35
Jefferson	-	1	20	43	19	16	7	2	1	-	-	109
Juneau	-	-	12	17	6	9	10	4	-	-	-	58
Kenosha	-	-	52	76	56	27	25	13	1	-	-	250
Kewaunee	-	-	7	5	7	1	-	-	-	-	-	20
La Crosse	-	-	48	46	26	19	11	9	3	-	-	162
Lafayette	-	-	7	8	3	2	2	2	-	-	-	24
Langlade	-	-	4	9	5	2	4	4	1	-	-	29
Lincoln	-	-	3	12	7	4	5	2	-	-	-	33
Manitowoc	-	-	25	33	27	11	12	4	-	-	-	112
Marathon	-	-	36	47	24	22	10	3	1	-	-	143
Marinette	-	-	11	19	20	3	5	9	-	-	-	67
Marquette	-	-	3	5	1	6	1	1	-	-	-	17
Menominee	-	-	2	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	4
Milwaukee	-	-	219	427	286	170	119	39	6	2	1	1,269
Monroe	-	-	20	16	14	8	3	5	-	1	-	67
Oconto	-	-	8	11	9	5	7	1	2	-	-	43
Oneida	-	-	16	10	15	12	11	4	1	-	-	69
Outagamie	-	-	52	65	33	27	11	6	-	-	-	194
Ozaukee	-	-	17	25	27	21	16	3	3	1	-	113
Pepin	-	-	-	3	-	2	-	2	-	-	-	7
Pierce	-	-	18	12	11	6	10	2	1	1	-	61
Polk	-	-	15	25	8	13	6	3	2	-	-	72
Portage	-	-	28	20	12	10	10	3	1	-	-	84
Price	-	-	5	4	4	3	1	1	-	-	-	18
Racine	-	-	65	82	47	40	39	10	1	-	-	284
Richland	-	-	5	6	2	2	3	1	-	-	-	19
Rock	-	-	43	103	66	38	28	5	2	-	-	285
Rusk	-	-	2	7	1	2	-	2	-	-	-	14
Sauk	-	-	26	30	23	22	18	4	-	-	-	123
Sawyer	-	-	3	5	4	4	2	1	-	-	-	19
Shawano	-	-	24	27	14	1	3	2	-	-	1	72
Sheboygan	-	-	34	46	32	17	14	2	-	-	-	145
St. Croix	-	-	21	34	27	9	9	3	-	-	-	103
Taylor	-	-	3	6	5	4	-	1	-	-	-	19
Trempealeau	-	-	16	15	6	6	8	-	-	-	-	51
Vernon	-	-	4	9	4	3	4	-	-	-	-	24
Vilas	-	-	12	5	3	4	5	6	-	-	-	35
Walworth	-	-	35	52	31	12	16	5	-	-	-	151
Washburn	-	-	9	5	3	2	-	-	1	-	-	20
Washington	-	-	21	47	31	18	15	9	-	-	-	141
Waukesha	-	1	77	104	75	55	47	15	4	-	-	378
Waupaca	-	-	16	23	15	12	8	3	-	-	-	77
Waushara	-	-	4	11	5	7	7	3	-	-	-	37
Winnebago	-	-	54	66	35	25	24	11	1	-	-	216
Wood	-	-	13	27	20	12	3	2	1	-	-	78
Total	-	4	1,595	2,322	1,466	966	753	276	46	8	6	7,442

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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4
15-24	-	21	14	73	67	186	42	104	285	803	-	1,595
25-34	4	21	38	129	81	233	55	112	432	1,217	-	2,322
35-44	3	20	21	69	62	110	29	80	280	792	-	1,466
45-54	2	14	18	53	33	107	21	55	195	468	-	966
55-64	-	13	9	38	22	81	11	53	149	377	-	753
65-74	2	5	2	8	9	30	6	10	41	163	-	276
75-84	-	-	1	2	-	6	-	2	9	26	-	46
85+	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	1	1	3	-	8
Unknown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	6
Total	11	94	103	372	274	756	164	417	1,392	3,857	2	7,442
M = Male F = Female U = Unknown.

Impaired Drivers by Vehicle Type

County	Fatal	Injury	Property Damage	Total
Passenger Car	61	1,440	2,805	4,306
(Sport) Utility Vehicle	25	529	885	1,439
Utility Truck/Pickup Truck	29	423	776	1,228
Motorcycle	23	155	15	193
Passenger Van	8	57	113	178
Moped	-	21	2	23
Truck Tractor (Trailer Attached)	1	6	13	20
Cargo Van (10,000 Lbs or Less)	2	2	12	16
Straight Truck	-	4	11	15
Snowmobile	1	2	4	7
ATV/UTV (Utility Terrain Vehicle)	-	3	2	5
Low Speed Vehicle	-	4	-	4
Miscellaneous	-	2	-	2
Passenger Bus/Transit Bus	-	-	2	2
Autocycle	-	1	-	1
School Bus	1	-	-	1
Snow Plow	-	-	1	1
Truck Tractor (Trailer Not Attached)	-	1	-	1
Total	151	2,650	4,641	7,442

Drinking Rates by Vehicle Type/Role

Role	Incidence of Drug/Alcohol Impairment in a Crash	Drinking Rate*
Driver of a Passenger Vehicle	7,167	34
Other	22	9
Driver of a Motorcycle/Moped	216	110
Driver of a CMV	36	4
Driver of a School Bus	1	1
Pedestrian	135	88
Bicycle	28	36
*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	-	4	4
10-14	4	90	94
15-19	342	21,194	21,536
20-24	1,253	24,726	25,979
25-29	1,277	22,386	23,663
30-34	1,045	19,598	20,643
35-39	841	17,983	18,824
40-44	625	15,596	16,221
45-49	503	14,440	14,943
50-54	463	14,668	15,131
55-59	451	15,322	15,773
60-64	302	13,161	13,463
65-69	193	9,472	9,665
70+	137	16,122	16,259
Unknown age group was removed.

Drug Use of the Driver

Drug Type	Fatal	Injury	Property Damage	Total
CNS Stimulant	17	14	14	45
Cannabis	28	38	19	85
Central Nervous System (CNS) Depressant	6	8	11	25
Dissociatives Anti.	1	-	-	1
Hallucingens	1	1	-	2
Inhalants	1	1	3	5
Narcotic Analgesics	3	11	10	24
Other	12	10	8	30
Phencyclidine	-	-	1	1
Steroids	-	-	1	1
Total	69	83	67	219
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	2	16	22	40	2	19
Ashland	-	6	9	15	-	6
Barron	3	19	23	45	3	24
Bayfield	1	8	17	26	1	9
Brown	1	87	145	233	1	100
Buffalo	1	6	14	21	1	7
Burnett	4	12	13	29	4	24
Calumet	-	16	25	41	-	18
Chippewa	2	33	43	78	2	42
Clark	-	17	19	36	-	21
Columbia	2	36	53	91	3	45
Crawford	1	10	12	23	1	10
Dane	8	193	417	618	8	264
Dodge	4	35	44	83	5	52
Door	3	19	29	51	4	26
Douglas	-	19	56	75	-	23
Dunn	3	22	32	57	3	27
Eau Claire	1	35	103	139	1	49
Florence	-	5	2	7	-	9
Fond du Lac	2	48	90	140	3	71
Forest	-	7	9	16	-	10
Grant	5	27	26	58	6	38
Green	2	33	34	69	3	42
Green Lake	2	11	7	20	2	12
Iowa	1	16	20	37	1	21
Iron	1	2	11	14	1	2
Jackson	1	14	20	35	1	20
Jefferson	-	32	77	109	-	37
Juneau	1	16	37	54	1	25
Kenosha	5	96	148	249	7	132
Kewaunee	1	11	8	20	1	15
La Crosse	3	55	104	162	3	75
Lafayette	-	10	14	24	-	12
Langlade	1	10	17	28	1	12
Lincoln	1	13	19	33	1	16
Manitowoc	4	39	67	110	4	55
Marathon	1	47	93	141	1	60
Marinette	3	27	37	67	3	40
Marquette	-	9	8	17	-	11
Menominee	-	3	1	4	-	3
Milwaukee	11	438	808	1,257	12	629
Monroe	1	25	41	67	1	33
Oconto	3	19	21	43	3	29
Oneida	2	24	39	65	2	36
Outagamie	1	63	127	191	1	92
Ozaukee	4	32	76	112	4	44
Pepin	-	4	3	7	-	4
Pierce	3	21	36	60	3	25
Polk	1	34	33	68	1	43
Portage	-	25	58	83	-	29
Price	2	6	10	18	2	12
Racine	6	112	161	279	6	165
Richland	-	7	12	19	-	8
Rock	5	93	184	282	5	120
Rusk	-	7	7	14	-	10
Sauk	3	34	86	123	4	45
Sawyer	1	12	4	17	1	15
Shawano	2	30	39	71	2	45
Sheboygan	3	46	94	143	4	69
St. Croix	7	28	66	101	7	31
Taylor	1	9	8	18	1	10
Trempealeau	-	15	36	51	-	21
Vernon	-	7	17	24	-	9
Vilas	2	13	19	34	2	22
Walworth	-	48	98	146	-	59
Washburn	2	9	9	20	2	13
Washington	4	46	87	137	6	61
Waukesha	3	126	242	371	3	181
Waupaca	2	22	52	76	2	33
Waushara	-	23	13	36	-	30
Winnebago	3	78	132	213	4	93
Wood	2	20	56	78	2	23
Total	144	2,596	4,599	7,339	158	3,523

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	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	3	5	8	-	-	6	9	7	40
Ashland	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	2	-	1	-	-	8	15
Barron	-	1	1	1	-	-	3	2	1	13	-	1	1	8	13	45
Bayfield	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	2	2	4	-	4	1	6	6	26
Brown	-	-	1	-	-	9	6	12	15	45	11	11	23	28	72	233
Buffalo	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	3	1	-	1	5	3	5	21
Burnett	-	-	3	-	1	-	-	3	2	7	-	-	1	2	10	29
Calumet	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	3	8	-	2	5	1	17	41
Chippewa	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	12	8	13	-	5	13	10	15	78
Clark	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	8	4	-	2	4	4	9	36
Columbia	1	-	-	1	-	7	3	11	7	8	7	3	15	8	20	91
Crawford	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	3	1	5	-	2	6	-	4	23
Dane	-	3	1	2	2	10	49	17	28	89	21	69	27	51	249	618
Dodge	-	1	1	1	1	-	1	6	15	13	1	1	6	5	31	83
Door	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	8	2	9	-	-	7	4	18	51
Douglas	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	5	2	6	-	15	7	2	32	75
Dunn	-	-	-	1	2	-	5	2	8	7	4	-	4	8	16	57
Eau Claire	-	1	-	-	-	2	5	3	2	23	5	10	3	15	70	139
Florence	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	1	-	-	-	2	-	7
Fond du Lac	-	-	-	1	1	4	11	2	10	21	8	4	6	13	59	140
Forest	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	4	-	1	3	1	4	16
Grant	-	2	-	2	1	-	3	4	9	11	-	7	6	2	11	58
Green	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	7	15	11	-	-	10	7	17	69
Green Lake	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	4	7	-	-	-	4	2	1	20
Iowa	-	-	1	-	-	-	2	5	3	6	-	7	4	4	5	37
Iron	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	5	1	1	4	14
Jackson	-	-	1	-	-	1	2	2	3	6	-	1	6	2	11	35
Jefferson	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	7	12	8	7	2	12	17	39	109
Juneau	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	4	6	3	4	1	7	10	15	54
Kenosha	-	-	1	2	2	8	3	29	12	44	7	-	26	27	88	249
Kewaunee	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	2	5	4	-	-	1	4	3	20
La Crosse	-	1	1	-	1	3	9	13	6	24	4	18	15	13	54	162
Lafayette	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	-	-	4	1	9	24
Langlade	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	3	4	3	-	2	4	4	7	28
Lincoln	-	-	1	-	-	-	2	2	5	4	-	4	4	3	8	33
Manitowoc	1	1	-	2	-	3	7	4	6	19	2	8	10	16	31	110
Marathon	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	11	9	26	-	4	22	13	54	141
Marinette	-	1	-	1	1	-	6	2	11	8	-	3	2	10	22	67
Marquette	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	3	3	3	-	-	3	2	17
Menominee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	-	-	-	1	-	4
Milwaukee	1	-	1	-	9	60	4	77	24	273	99	5	137	31	536	1,257
Monroe	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	7	8	8	3	1	5	7	25	67
Oconto	-	-	2	1	-	-	4	3	7	5	-	1	7	6	7	43
Oneida	-	-	1	-	1	-	4	3	8	9	-	4	6	8	21	65
Outagamie	-	-	-	-	1	4	-	11	14	34	6	2	27	24	68	191
Ozaukee	1	-	1	1	1	4	-	5	9	14	12	-	13	18	33	112
Pepin	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	2	-	1	1	1	-	7
Pierce	-	1	1	-	1	-	2	8	3	8	-	5	10	9	12	60
Polk	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	8	13	13	-	2	8	5	18	68
Portage	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	3	5	15	4	4	11	14	25	83
Price	-	-	2	-	-	-	1	1	2	2	-	-	4	3	3	18
Racine	-	-	2	1	3	13	2	31	13	53	18	1	40	17	85	279
Richland	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	1	2	-	1	4	2	5	19
Rock	-	1	2	-	2	7	11	13	8	54	17	18	25	19	105	282
Rusk	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	2	-	2	1	3	1	14
Sauk	1	-	-	1	1	3	-	4	7	20	6	5	20	7	48	123
Sawyer	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	4	3	5	-	1	-	-	3	17
Shawano	-	-	1	1	-	-	3	6	13	8	-	4	6	11	18	71
Sheboygan	1	-	1	1	-	4	-	10	6	26	2	-	18	19	55	143
St. Croix	-	2	3	-	2	2	5	5	4	12	4	4	16	7	35	101
Taylor	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	2	5	-	-	-	3	5	18
Trempealeau	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	8	2	2	-	8	7	8	13	51
Vernon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	1	-	4	5	2	6	24
Vilas	-	1	1	-	-	-	1	4	4	4	-	2	5	2	10	34
Walworth	-	-	-	-	-	2	6	7	7	26	1	2	24	17	54	146
Washburn	-	-	1	-	1	-	2	1	5	1	-	3	2	2	2	20
Washington	2	-	1	1	-	4	4	11	8	19	6	1	31	12	37	137
Waukesha	-	-	1	2	-	16	6	15	32	57	23	5	37	61	116	371
Waupaca	-	-	-	-	2	-	3	9	3	7	-	12	7	12	21	76
Waushara	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	5	4	12	-	-	2	6	5	36
Winnebago	-	-	3	-	-	9	6	11	17	35	9	4	17	18	84	213
Wood	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	3	5	12	-	-	17	7	32	78
Total	8	16	43	35	42	183	212	492	485	1,224	294	296	794	681	2,534	7,339
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	142	45	48	50	64	65	131	545
1am	157	49	40	50	47	58	127	528
2am	200	43	58	47	51	77	181	657
3am	95	21	26	19	17	34	61	273
4am	47	10	9	16	15	22	55	174
5am	35	7	11	7	10	9	37	116
6am	28	9	8	8	7	13	17	90
7am	12	14	13	11	13	17	15	95
8am	18	11	12	10	11	15	16	93
9am	9	11	10	10	13	17	17	87
10am	12	11	5	15	7	24	17	91
11am	21	12	18	6	15	14	21	107
12pm	21	13	16	25	10	17	24	126
1pm	19	16	23	26	21	23	32	160
2pm	34	23	30	15	37	28	40	207
3pm	41	40	34	25	24	35	41	240
4pm	61	35	27	44	40	60	77	344
5pm	84	56	52	36	37	74	66	405
6pm	78	41	51	48	54	79	100	451
7pm	83	39	44	41	53	82	100	442
8pm	95	51	42	60	52	78	89	467
9pm	67	38	56	62	65	98	110	496
10pm	76	38	56	69	66	95	116	516
11pm	48	37	40	50	64	106	106	451
Unk.	54	14	10	21	15	28	36	178