Study Finds Wyoming Third Worst State For Drunk Driving

A brand new report from the motive force’s schooling web site Zutobi ranks Wyoming because the third-worst state within the nation for drunk driving in 2020, the final 12 months for which full numbers can be found, in keeping with the web site.

You may learn the total DUI report right here.

It is price noting that the brand new report from Zutobi is hardly an outlier, as many nationwide surveys over time have rated Wyoming as one of many states with the best DUI charges.

The truth is, Zutobi final 12 months launched a report exhibiting Wyoming because the second-worst state for drunk driving, trailing solely North Dakota on the group’s 2021 report (primarily based on 2019 numbers).

Wyoming really improved barely within the newest Zutobi survey, going from a severity rating of 79.2 final 12 months to 78.7 in 2022. This 12 months’s Zutobi report ranked Montana because the worst state for drunk driving with a severity rating of 84.1, whereas South Dakota was second at 80.4.

The severity rating contains DUI arrests per 1000 drivers, DUI street fatalities per 1000 drivers, the proportion of all freeway deaths wherein drunk driving was an element, and the proportion improve in whole street fatalities since 2018.

Maybe the one excellent news for Wyoming within the report is that, in contrast to a lot of the remainder of the nation, drunk driving did not present a giant improve in 2020.

That is as a result of the report says drunk driving nationally elevated considerably in 2020 in comparison with the earlier 12 months:

“The 12 months 2020, being the primary 12 months of the COVID pandemic, reveals a transparent pattern shift in drunk driving fatalities. With 11,654 deaths, drunk driving stood for 30% of all street fatalities (up from 28% in 2019) – the worst 12 months since 2005. 

In comparison with the earlier 12 months, drunk driving fatalities are up a staggering 14.9% nationwide, dealing a heavy blow to security advocates and regulators alike.”

Mel B, Emily Atack, and Ruby Wax Get to Work on New Present in Cheyenne