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	-	-	13	12	9	3	4	-	-	-	-	41
Ashland	-	-	7	8	4	4	2	1	-	-	-	26
Barron	-	-	12	22	12	7	6	1	-	-	-	60
Bayfield	-	-	4	15	6	2	3	2	-	1	-	33
Brown	-	1	62	82	46	26	17	6	-	-	-	240
Buffalo	-	1	5	4	5	5	3	1	-	-	-	24
Burnett	-	-	6	15	4	3	6	2	-	-	1	37
Calumet	-	-	12	15	10	13	6	2	-	-	-	58
Chippewa	-	-	23	32	14	9	10	1	-	1	-	90
Clark	-	-	16	19	4	5	3	2	-	-	-	49
Columbia	-	-	37	39	11	13	16	3	2	-	-	121
Crawford	-	-	7	6	2	3	3	2	-	-	-	23
Dane	-	1	127	224	156	78	52	10	2	-	-	650
Dodge	-	-	34	38	28	19	12	4	2	-	-	137
Door	-	-	7	10	14	1	5	-	-	-	-	37
Douglas	-	-	9	21	9	10	5	1	-	-	-	55
Dunn	-	-	12	20	8	6	2	1	-	-	-	49
Eau Claire	-	-	58	43	29	8	11	6	-	-	1	156
Florence	-	-	-	3	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	7
Fond du Lac	-	-	48	44	17	18	11	6	2	-	-	146
Forest	-	-	4	4	3	4	-	2	-	-	-	17
Grant	-	-	20	13	6	7	10	3	-	-	-	59
Green	-	-	18	9	14	10	6	2	-	-	1	60
Green Lake	-	-	3	11	6	4	2	1	1	-	-	28
Iowa	-	-	10	14	4	5	5	2	-	-	-	40
Iron	-	-	3	3	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	10
Jackson	-	-	7	7	8	6	2	3	-	-	-	33
Jefferson	-	-	21	44	18	8	14	3	1	-	-	109
Juneau	-	-	13	14	8	9	5	-	1	-	-	50
Kenosha	-	-	55	86	46	29	18	6	-	-	-	240
Kewaunee	-	-	9	5	5	6	1	1	-	-	-	27
La Crosse	-	-	40	41	30	19	19	5	-	1	-	155
Lafayette	-	-	8	15	5	5	1	-	-	-	-	34
Langlade	-	-	3	6	5	9	2	2	-	-	-	27
Lincoln	-	-	8	8	7	5	5	1	-	-	-	34
Manitowoc	-	-	29	47	15	9	17	8	-	-	-	125
Marathon	-	-	39	47	28	22	17	4	1	-	-	158
Marinette	-	-	15	15	15	6	6	3	-	-	-	60
Marquette	-	-	5	7	3	4	2	2	-	-	-	23
Menominee	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	2
Milwaukee	-	-	221	452	307	212	123	35	7	1	-	1,358
Monroe	-	-	15	19	11	10	9	1	2	-	-	67
Oconto	-	-	13	10	7	7	2	-	-	-	-	39
Oneida	-	-	15	17	15	8	6	4	-	-	-	65
Outagamie	-	-	59	52	25	17	23	6	1	-	-	183
Ozaukee	-	-	15	31	19	11	9	5	3	-	-	93
Pepin	-	-	3	5	3	1	1	-	-	-	-	13
Pierce	-	-	17	24	6	4	6	2	1	-	-	60
Polk	-	-	28	22	21	7	12	2	-	-	-	92
Portage	-	-	25	30	15	9	5	7	1	-	-	92
Price	-	-	2	6	6	3	2	1	-	-	1	21
Racine	-	-	57	86	45	38	37	9	-	-	-	272
Richland	-	-	4	8	2	3	4	1	-	-	-	22
Rock	-	-	59	103	67	41	18	4	-	-	-	292
Rusk	-	-	7	4	1	1	6	1	-	-	-	20
Sauk	-	-	34	47	24	12	9	4	2	-	-	132
Sawyer	-	-	3	12	3	5	3	1	-	-	-	27
Shawano	-	1	22	29	12	13	7	1	-	-	-	85
Sheboygan	-	-	40	55	38	18	13	4	-	-	-	168
St. Croix	-	-	34	43	32	11	9	6	1	-	-	136
Taylor	-	-	4	5	6	1	3	2	-	-	-	21
Trempealeau	-	-	18	12	10	7	4	2	-	-	-	53
Vernon	-	-	9	13	7	5	2	-	1	-	1	38
Vilas	-	-	8	18	9	12	8	3	-	-	-	58
Walworth	-	-	41	42	29	18	17	5	-	-	-	152
Washburn	-	-	5	2	8	5	2	1	-	-	-	23
Washington	-	-	29	45	29	29	22	3	1	-	-	158
Waukesha	-	-	77	90	74	53	35	23	1	-	-	353
Waupaca	-	-	30	30	19	11	9	1	1	-	-	101
Waushara	-	-	15	12	10	8	4	3	1	-	-	53
Winnebago	-	-	51	59	32	25	13	9	1	-	2	192
Wood	-	-	23	23	18	12	7	-	-	1	-	84
Total	-	4	1,793	2,474	1,527	1,021	741	245	36	5	7	7,853

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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	-	4
15-24	5	14	35	101	83	219	48	94	319	875	-	1,793
25-34	11	36	40	132	108	300	60	143	456	1,188	-	2,474
35-44	5	16	21	80	58	152	40	103	293	759	-	1,527
45-54	6	11	15	62	38	104	27	70	194	494	-	1,021
55-64	2	13	7	61	36	78	15	42	111	376	-	741
65-74	-	4	2	14	6	33	2	17	35	132	-	245
75-84	-	-	-	2	1	4	2	3	7	17	-	36
85+	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	5
Unknown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	2	2	7
Total	29	94	121	452	330	890	194	476	1,417	3,848	2	7,853
M = Male F = Female U = Unknown.

Impaired Drivers by Vehicle Type

County	Fatal	Injury	Property Damage	Total
Passenger Car	89	1,591	2,783	4,463
(Sport) Utility Vehicle	41	599	1,001	1,641
Utility Truck/Pickup Truck	32	453	744	1,229
Motorcycle	31	193	12	236
Passenger Van	4	64	133	201
Cargo Van (10,000 Lbs or Less)	1	10	19	30
Straight Truck	-	5	7	12
Moped	-	9	-	9
Truck Tractor (Trailer Attached)	-	3	6	9
ATV/UTV (Utility Terrain Vehicle)	-	4	-	4
Low Speed Vehicle	-	2	2	4
AgCMV (Ag Commercial Motor Vehicle)	-	-	2	2
Autocycle	-	2	-	2
Motor Home	-	1	1	2
School Bus	-	1	1	2
Snowmobile	-	1	1	2
Truck Tractor (Trailer Not Attached)	-	2	-	2
Farm Tractor/Self Propelled	-	-	1	1
Fire Truck On Emergency	-	-	1	1
Miscellaneous	-	1	-	1
Total	198	2,941	4,714	7,853

Drinking Rates by Vehicle Type/Role

Role	Incidence of Drug/Alcohol Impairment in a Crash	Drinking Rate*
Driver of a Passenger Vehicle	7,564	47
Driver of a Motorcycle/Moped	245	109
Other	19	11
Driver of a CMV	23	4
Driver of a School Bus	2	7
Pedestrian	92	77
Bicycle	9	14
*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	-	8	8
10-14	4	128	132
15-19	445	16,527	16,972
20-24	1,348	19,037	20,385
25-29	1,311	16,732	18,043
30-34	1,163	14,715	15,878
35-39	887	13,062	13,949
40-44	640	11,118	11,758
45-49	543	10,305	10,848
50-54	478	10,496	10,974
55-59	440	10,911	11,351
60-64	301	9,630	9,931
65-69	164	6,747	6,911
70+	122	11,472	11,594
Unknown age group was removed.

Drug Use of the Driver

Drug Type	Fatal	Injury	Property Damage	Total
CNS Stimulant	10	16	17	43
Cannabis	20	26	30	76
Central Nervous System (CNS) Depressant	7	21	19	47
Dissociatives Anti.	-	1	-	1
Hallucingens	-	1	-	1
Narcotic Analgesics	2	21	23	46
Other	11	9	10	30
Total	50	95	99	244
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	3	20	17	40	3	31
Ashland	-	11	15	26	-	13
Barron	-	20	38	58	-	26
Bayfield	1	11	17	29	1	15
Brown	6	94	138	238	6	120
Buffalo	3	13	8	24	3	15
Burnett	3	12	21	36	3	18
Calumet	3	27	27	57	3	35
Chippewa	2	40	48	90	2	54
Clark	2	21	25	48	2	28
Columbia	5	48	64	117	5	57
Crawford	3	9	11	23	3	12
Dane	10	226	405	641	15	313
Dodge	4	50	79	133	4	62
Door	-	13	23	36	-	14
Douglas	1	21	33	55	1	25
Dunn	3	20	26	49	3	24
Eau Claire	5	45	102	152	5	56
Florence	-	3	4	7	-	3
Fond du Lac	3	57	81	141	4	82
Forest	-	10	7	17	-	14
Grant	2	28	28	58	2	30
Green	1	31	28	60	1	41
Green Lake	-	12	16	28	-	13
Iowa	1	18	21	40	1	21
Iron	1	3	6	10	1	4
Jackson	-	12	17	29	-	17
Jefferson	4	31	73	108	4	41
Juneau	5	17	28	50	6	24
Kenosha	9	76	153	238	10	125
Kewaunee	-	10	17	27	-	13
La Crosse	2	45	108	155	2	65
Lafayette	1	16	16	33	1	24
Langlade	-	6	21	27	-	9
Lincoln	3	15	16	34	3	21
Manitowoc	2	42	80	124	2	56
Marathon	2	41	110	153	2	50
Marinette	2	28	29	59	2	40
Marquette	1	11	11	23	2	12
Menominee	-	1	1	2	-	1
Milwaukee	22	485	834	1,341	25	710
Monroe	3	33	30	66	3	52
Oconto	2	11	26	39	3	17
Oneida	4	26	34	64	4	41
Outagamie	3	59	118	180	3	81
Ozaukee	2	23	63	88	2	29
Pepin	1	4	8	13	1	7
Pierce	2	22	35	59	2	26
Polk	7	41	43	91	9	62
Portage	3	36	53	92	3	49
Price	2	9	10	21	2	14
Racine	6	113	150	269	6	147
Richland	1	13	8	22	1	15
Rock	9	113	170	292	10	157
Rusk	-	10	10	20	-	11
Sauk	4	43	85	132	4	52
Sawyer	2	19	6	27	3	23
Shawano	-	38	43	81	-	50
Sheboygan	-	47	121	168	-	63
St. Croix	2	37	94	133	2	51
Taylor	-	9	12	21	-	10
Trempealeau	1	18	31	50	2	23
Vernon	-	13	25	38	-	14
Vilas	-	24	32	56	-	28
Walworth	4	60	88	152	4	70
Washburn	-	13	10	23	-	23
Washington	2	64	92	158	2	88
Waukesha	6	107	237	350	6	136
Waupaca	2	45	52	99	2	62
Waushara	4	24	25	53	4	28
Winnebago	4	74	108	186	4	102
Wood	1	33	49	83	1	44
Total	192	2,880	4,670	7,742	210	3,909

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	1	1	-	-	6	5	9	-	-	5	5	7	40
Ashland	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	2	6	-	4	2	-	9	26
Barron	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	2	2	10	-	3	3	5	27	58
Bayfield	-	-	1	-	-	-	4	1	3	3	-	2	2	4	9	29
Brown	2	-	1	1	2	4	10	17	18	45	13	10	21	29	65	238
Buffalo	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	3	6	4	-	-	4	3	1	24
Burnett	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	4	2	6	-	-	4	3	14	36
Calumet	-	1	-	1	1	-	5	8	6	8	-	5	5	3	14	57
Chippewa	-	-	1	1	-	-	3	9	15	13	-	2	11	13	22	90
Clark	-	-	-	-	2	-	3	9	3	6	-	1	1	4	19	48
Columbia	-	1	-	1	3	11	1	13	15	8	15	3	12	12	22	117
Crawford	-	-	3	-	-	-	3	3	2	1	-	1	3	1	6	23
Dane	-	3	2	-	5	18	51	19	27	111	20	77	24	52	232	641
Dodge	-	-	1	3	-	1	-	12	16	21	3	5	19	15	37	133
Door	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	4	-	-	4	7	12	36
Douglas	-	-	-	1	-	1	5	4	7	4	-	5	8	2	18	55
Dunn	-	1	1	1	-	-	2	5	7	6	1	2	10	2	11	49
Eau Claire	1	-	1	2	1	4	10	3	6	22	5	10	4	15	68	152
Florence	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	1	1	2	7
Fond du Lac	1	-	-	-	2	7	5	6	14	25	5	8	5	16	47	141
Forest	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	5	2	1	-	1	1	1	4	17
Grant	-	1	-	1	-	-	3	7	7	11	-	3	5	2	18	58
Green	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	13	10	8	-	-	6	9	13	60
Green Lake	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	5	-	-	5	4	7	28
Iowa	-	-	-	-	1	-	3	5	5	5	-	7	3	5	6	40
Iron	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	3	-	-	3	10
Jackson	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	2	4	1	1	3	4	5	4	29
Jefferson	-	1	-	1	2	3	1	6	12	9	11	7	7	12	36	108
Juneau	-	1	2	1	1	5	1	3	2	6	2	4	5	6	11	50
Kenosha	1	-	5	2	1	3	2	32	11	28	6	2	26	36	83	238
Kewaunee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	6	1	-	-	2	7	8	27
La Crosse	-	-	-	1	1	1	12	12	11	9	1	28	11	14	54	155
Lafayette	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	3	7	6	-	1	3	7	5	33
Langlade	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	3	-	3	6	3	9	27
Lincoln	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	5	5	5	-	-	3	1	12	34
Manitowoc	-	-	-	-	2	4	6	7	11	14	5	10	8	14	43	124
Marathon	-	-	-	2	-	1	5	8	9	18	-	2	22	14	72	153
Marinette	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	4	11	12	-	5	1	2	21	59
Marquette	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	1	-	1	6	3	23
Menominee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2
Milwaukee	1	-	5	1	15	80	5	104	23	273	108	6	123	46	551	1,341
Monroe	-	-	3	-	-	4	1	7	7	14	3	1	12	3	11	66
Oconto	-	-	-	1	1	-	3	1	3	4	-	5	5	7	9	39
Oneida	-	1	1	-	2	-	3	6	6	11	-	5	4	3	22	64
Outagamie	1	-	-	2	-	3	1	13	16	26	8	-	23	26	61	180
Ozaukee	-	-	1	1	-	5	-	4	3	11	8	-	12	12	31	88
Pepin	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	1	-	1	3	2	2	13
Pierce	-	1	-	1	-	-	7	9	3	3	-	4	9	5	17	59
Polk	-	-	6	1	-	-	-	8	12	21	-	-	7	14	22	91
Portage	-	-	1	2	-	1	4	9	7	15	5	1	9	10	28	92
Price	-	-	1	1	-	-	1	1	-	7	-	-	5	1	4	21
Racine	-	-	3	1	2	8	-	25	15	65	8	-	35	11	96	269
Richland	-	-	1	-	-	-	2	4	5	2	-	-	2	1	5	22
Rock	-	2	1	2	4	10	18	22	16	47	14	15	17	15	109	292
Rusk	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	5	3	-	1	1	5	3	20
Sauk	-	-	1	3	-	1	-	13	6	23	12	5	19	8	41	132
Sawyer	-	-	-	2	-	-	1	7	5	6	-	-	3	1	2	27
Shawano	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	11	12	13	-	-	8	16	19	81
Sheboygan	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	8	12	23	9	-	21	12	79	168
St. Croix	1	-	-	-	1	3	3	14	6	11	14	1	13	18	48	133
Taylor	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	2	-	-	4	3	5	21
Trempealeau	-	-	1	-	-	-	4	3	6	5	1	2	11	6	11	50
Vernon	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	5	3	-	1	10	8	6	38
Vilas	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	7	7	7	-	4	5	7	16	56
Walworth	-	-	1	1	2	2	4	15	8	31	2	12	17	13	44	152
Washburn	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	5	3	-	3	1	1	5	23
Washington	-	1	1	-	-	6	6	16	9	27	14	4	15	11	48	158
Waukesha	3	-	-	2	1	24	2	14	33	34	25	8	23	41	140	350
Waupaca	-	1	-	-	1	-	7	10	13	15	-	4	13	10	25	99
Waushara	-	-	1	2	1	2	-	5	7	10	2	-	10	7	6	53
Winnebago	1	-	-	2	1	5	6	24	9	30	7	17	11	13	60	186
Wood	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	9	11	13	-	-	15	10	24	83
Total	12	17	51	52	60	224	241	632	565	1,218	329	317	733	686	2,605	7,742
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	132	58	29	45	46	65	107	482
1am	126	42	45	57	49	74	131	524
2am	176	43	30	47	43	71	188	598
3am	88	21	24	31	39	39	75	317
4am	62	10	8	17	8	22	47	174
5am	39	9	8	12	16	14	27	125
6am	16	11	14	11	7	15	15	89
7am	19	6	10	16	14	23	25	113
8am	17	15	23	12	16	17	16	116
9am	7	12	8	10	10	12	7	66
10am	13	13	16	10	15	17	26	110
11am	20	19	16	21	28	12	29	145
12pm	19	24	17	24	16	20	28	148
1pm	31	30	20	35	36	25	28	205
2pm	38	24	25	19	32	42	55	235
3pm	53	44	29	33	41	51	54	305
4pm	56	43	61	42	44	54	67	367
5pm	59	47	59	63	55	67	68	418
6pm	96	48	50	49	54	81	85	463
7pm	94	34	53	47	71	77	96	472
8pm	74	44	53	61	76	98	113	519
9pm	100	66	45	60	64	107	132	574
10pm	78	39	62	69	54	103	113	518
11pm	59	29	41	61	59	102	110	461
Unk.	60	23	11	16	24	30	34	198