Pennsylvania DUI Statistics

Pennsylvania's drunk driving deaths were highest in 1982, with 1,048, dropped for a few years and then increased to nearly the same level in both 1986 and 1987. In the nine years following, the alcohol related fatalities dropped to their lowest point, with 588 reported deaths in 1996. The percentage of traffic fatalities that were alcohol related was also highest in 1982, with 58%, and steadily dropped, reaching its lowest level in 2003 and 2005, with 39%. In the most recent year reported, out of all traffic fatalities, 35% involved a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.08 or higher, down from 52% in 1982.