I hear that Texas, and especially Houston, TX, or Harris County, have the highest number of drunk driving fatalities in the nation. Is that true? And what are the numbers?

 

A:

• Around 43% of Texas traffic deaths result from drunk driving.
• Each year, almost 90,000 in Texas get arrested for drunk driving.
• Annually, Texas sees more than 1,100 fatal accidents involving at least one driver with a blood alcohol content (BAC) at or above the legal limit of 0.08%. Sometimes the victim of the accident is the drunk driver. But commonly, the victims are innocent pedestrians or vehicle occupants who happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, just as an irresponsible drunk driver barreled across their paths.
• Statistics show that about 1 in every 3 U.S. drivers will be involved in a drunk driving accident at some point in their lives. (This statistic includes those involved as victims as well as those involved as the dangerous drunk drivers.) If you live in the Houston, TX area, your chances of being the victim of a drunk driving accident unfortunately remain greater than 1 in 3. So bookmark our site in case you need help one day to obtain justice after a drunk driving accident.

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