DUI Repeat Offender Statistics
Fact: 59% of the total number of drunk driving convictions
are by repeat DUI offenders.
Source: Ohio Department of Public Safety—Figures
as of May 8, 2002
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The number of people killed by drunken
drivers increased in 2000 for the first time in five years,
according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Alcohol-related deaths rose to 16,653, or 40% of the total,
up from 15,976, or 38% in 1999. |
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