Wisconsin OWI, DUI, Drunk Driving Accident Injuries

According to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, drunken driving in Wisconsin is:

Prevalent:

• Wisconsin has the highest rate of drunken driving in the nation. More than 26 percent of Wisconsin adults who were surveyed admitted that they had driven under the influence of alcohol in the previous year, according to a nationwide study by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released in April 2009.
• There were more than 44,000 convictions for drunken driving offenses (OWI, DUI, DWI) in Wisconsin last year.

Deadly:

• Alcohol-related crashes killed 238 people in Wisconsin and injured nearly 4,000 in 2009.
• Approximately, 45 percent of all fatal traffic crashes in Wisconsin in 2009 were alcohol-related.
• Last year, 40 percent of all fatal motorcycle crashes in Wisconsin were alcohol-related.

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration each year, alcohol-related crashes in the United States cost about $51 billion annually, and kill about 43,000 people per year nationwide (2006).

John Casey Law, S.C., does not work to protect drunk drivers. We believe in stiff penalties for such dangerous behavior and will advocate rigorously on your behalf should you or someone you love be the victim of an accident caused by an intoxicated motorist.

Related terms:  Drunk driving accident, OWI, DUI, DWI injuries.