Latest Drinking and Driving Stats

Peg Broadcasting in conjunction with our local sponsors would like to wish you a very happy and safe new year. Please take time to take a look at the latest stats from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration showing that drinking and driving don't mix.

Local sponsors include...

• Homeland Bank
• New York Grill
• Dalton Flooring Center
• Blair Wrecker Service

ACCORDING TO THE NHTSA...

• 32% OF ALL TENNESSEE DRIVING FATALITIES IN 2008 WERE RELATED TO DRIVERS THAT WERE IMPAIRED.
• TENNESSEE HAD 327 FATALITIES DUE TO ALCOHOL IMPAIRED DRIVING IN 2008.
• TENNESSEE EXPERIENCED A 13 PERCENT DROP IN ALCOHOL-IMPAIRED DRIVING FATALITIES FROM 2007 TO 2008.
• DRUNK DRIVING FATALITIES ACCOUNTED FOR 32 PERCENT OF ALL TRAFFIC DEATHS IN 2008.
• IN 2008 11,773 PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN ALCOHOL RELATED CRASHES.
• ALCOHOL IMPAIRED DRIVING FATALITIES HAVE DECREASED 44 PERCENT SINCE 1982.
• 32 PERCENT OF ALL NATIONAL DRIVING FATALITIES ARE ALCOHOL-RELATED.
• TENNESSEE RANKED 12TH IN THE NATION IN ALCOHOL-RELATED DRIVING FATALITIES.
• ALCOHOL RELATED FATALITIES DROPPED BY 7 PERCENT ACROSS THE U-S FROM 2007 TO 2008.
• SOMEONE IS KILLED IN A ALCOHOL RELATED DRIVING CRASH EVERY 45 MINUTES IN THE U-S.

START 2010 OFF RIGHT...DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE.