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SELECT A STATE from the National Totals dropdown menu to view statistics about impaired driving and underage drinking.

SELECT A LAW to view the details of each state’s impaired driving and underage drinking laws.

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State Law: Test Refusal
  • Administrative penalties
  • Administrative and criminal penalties
  • None

Every state has an implied consent law that stipulates that drivers consent to be tested if they are suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs. Test refusal (breath, blood, urine, etc.) is often the first step a drunk driver takes to avoid prosecution. Test refusals are most common among high-risk/repeat impaired drivers, primarily because these individuals know that their test results are likely to have a high-BAC and they are familiar with the system. In most states, the penalties for refusal involve administrative license suspensions ranging from 90 to 180 days. This is typically less punitive than the criminal sanctions for per se DUI.

On 6/23/2016 the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ruled in Birchfield v. North Dakota that motorists may not be criminally punished for refusing to submit to a blood test based on legally implied consent. Since that time, a number of states that had criminal sanctions outlined in statute have begun the processing of amending legislation and now only permit civil sanctions.

To learn more about test refusal penalties, refer to our policy position.

Have an update? Please contact Darrin Grondel at [email protected]

*Map last updated in 2023

 

National Total

2019 Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatality Data National
Total Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities 10,142
Percent of Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities of Total Fatalities 28.1
Under 21 Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities 906
Percent of Under 21 Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities of Total Under 21 Fatalities 23.3
2019 Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities per 100,000 Population
Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities per 100K population 3.1
Under 21 Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities per 100K population 1.1
2010-2019 % Change in Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities per 100K Pop
10-year Change in Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities per 100K pop -5.7
10-year Change in Under 21 Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities per 100K pop -14.5
Percent of Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities Involving high BAC drivers (.15+)*
BAC=.15+ 70.7
Percent of Drivers in Fatal Crashes Involving Repeat Offenders
BAC .08-.14 25.1
BAC .15+ 74.7
12-20 Year Old Alcohol Consumption (latest available)
Past Month Alcohol Consumption (2018-2019) 18.7
Binge Drinking in Past 30-days (2018-2019) 11.2
2019 Arrest Data
Under 18: Driving under the influence 3,092
Total: Driving under the influence 1,024,508
Under 18: Liquor laws 15,508
Total: Liquor laws 175,548
Under 18: Drunkenness 2,076
Total: Drunkenness 316,032
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Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatality Data Source: NHTSA/FARS, 1/2021

*Among drivers with a known alcohol test result

Youth Consumption Data Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Surveys on Drug Use and Health, 12/2019 (https://www.samhsa.gov/data/report/comparison-between-2018-2019--nsduh-state-prevalence-estimates)

Arrest Data Source: 2019 FBI Uniform Crime Report (Tables 29, 32 and 69)

**Drunkenness is not considered a crime in some states; therefore, the figures may vary widely from state to state

Limited, incomplete, or no data were reported by Alabama, the District of Columbia, Florida, Illinois, and New York in the 2019 Uniform Crime Report. Data should be used with caution and should not be compared to other states or previous year data.

Note: Because the number of agencies submitting arrest data varies from year to year, users are cautioned about making direct comparisons between 2019 arrest totals and those published in previous years' editions of Crime in the United States. Further, arrest figures may vary widely from state to state because some Part II crimes of the Uniform Crime Report are not considered crimes in some states.

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For a comprehensive report on latest available 2020 State of Drunk Driving Fatalities in America, click here.

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