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OVI Repeat Offender Statistics
Fact: 60% of the total number of OVI driving convictions are by repeat
OVI offenders.
Ohio OVI1 Convictions
January 1, 1980 - August 23, 2005 |
| Number
of OVI convictions per driver |
Number
of Drivers
Convicted of OVI |
Total
Number of
OVI convictions |
| 1 |
623,127 |
623,127 |
| 2 |
185,067 |
370,134 |
| 3 |
77,674 |
233,022 |
| 4 |
35,402 |
141,608 |
| 5 |
16,765 |
83,825 |
| 6 |
8,155 |
48,930 |
| 7 |
3,950 |
27,650 |
| 8 |
1,896 |
15,168 |
| 9 |
937 |
8,433 |
| 10 |
486 |
4,860 |
| 11 |
228 |
2,508 |
| 12 |
106 |
1,272 |
| 13 |
63 |
819 |
| 14 |
25 |
350 |
| 15 |
14 |
210 |
| 16 |
13 |
208 |
| 17 |
6 |
102 |
| 18 |
3 |
54 |
| 19 |
1 |
19 |
| TOTAL |
953,918 |
1,562,299 |
1OVI: Operating a Vehicle Under the Influence
Source: Ohio Department of Public Safety—Figures as of August
23, 2005
Ohio
2004 OVI Convictions
As of December 31, 2004 |
| Total of OVIs
(formerly known ad DUIs) for the year 2004 |
50,769 |
| Received one OVI conviction |
49,213 |
| Received two OVI convictions |
1,503 |
| Received three OVI convictions |
51 |
| Received four OVI convictions |
2 |
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In the past three fiscal years, the Ohio Highway
Patrol participated in 96 sobriety checkpoints that averaged
5.18 DUI arrests. Fewer than 1% of the 75,930 drivers stopped
were arrested for DUI.
(Note: DUI is now known as OVI.)
(Columbus Dispatch, 5/30/04)
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