DRIVE SOBER OR GET PULLED OVER

Labor Day Stats

• During the 2023 Labor Day holiday (6 p.m. September 1 - 5:59 a.m. September 5), there were 511 crash fatalities nationwide. Of those people, 185 (36%) were killed in crashes that involved at least one alcohol-impaired driver with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of .08 or above.

• Over the 2023 Labor Day holiday, 311 drivers were killed in traffic crashes.
      o 109 (35%) drivers were alcohol-impaired with a BAC .08 or above.
      o Sixty-eight (62%) of the 109 impaired drivers killed were almost twice the legal limit (BAC .15 ).

• Among drivers between the ages of 18 and 34 who were killed in crashes over the Labor Day holiday in 2023, 45% of those drivers were drunk, with BACs of .08 or above.