NATIONAL RANKING

States by Drunk Driving Fatality Rate

All US states ranked by the percentage of traffic fatalities involving alcohol-impaired driving (BAC 0.08 or higher). NHTSA FARS data.

Montana
Highest DUI Death Rate
43.5%
Alcohol share of fatalities

Download the FARS state extract cited on this page: fars-state-fatality-statistics.csv (NHTSA FARS · CC BY 4.0).

Montana

Highest DUI share: 43.5% of all traffic fatalities

26.4%

National average alcohol-impaired share of fatalities

2.5x

DUI share gap, highest (MT) vs. lowest (GA) state

Top 10 States by Drunk Driving Fatality Share

Percentage of all traffic fatalities involving a driver with BAC 0.08 or higher.

% of fatalities

What this shows Montana has the highest alcohol-impaired share at 43.5% of all traffic fatalities, compared to a national average of roughly 26.4%.

Source NHTSA FARS As of 2023
# State Drunk Driving % DUI Fatalities Total Fatalities Overall Rate / 100K Trend
1 Montana 43.5% 801 1,840 18.4 ↓ decreasing
2 North Dakota 37.5% 364 970 13.5 ↑ increasing
3 Vermont 33.6% 196 584 10.7 ↓ decreasing
4 South Dakota 33.4% 393 1,177 15.2 ↑ increasing
5 Hawaii 33.3% 311 933 6.5 ↓ decreasing
6 Alaska 33.2% 216 651 8.2 ↓ decreasing
7 Wisconsin 32.7% 1,751 5,361 9.9 ↓ decreasing
8 Maine 32.4% 459 1,416 9.7 ↓ decreasing
9 Rhode Island 32.2% 177 549 6.5 ↑ increasing
10 Connecticut 32.0% 856 2,673 8.5 ↓ decreasing
11 Colorado 31.3% 1,824 5,829 12.2 ↓ decreasing
12 Wyoming 31.3% 361 1,153 24.7 ↑ increasing
13 South Carolina 31.1% 2,935 9,435 19.5 ↓ decreasing
14 Idaho 30.1% 647 2,149 14.0 ↑ increasing
15 Nebraska 29.6% 620 2,095 11.5 ↓ decreasing
16 Louisiana 29.5% 2,148 7,293 17.7 ↓ decreasing
17 Michigan 28.1% 2,664 9,467 10.9 ↓ decreasing
18 California 27.3% 9,739 35,718 10.4 ↓ decreasing
19 Minnesota 26.9% 981 3,641 7.1 ↓ decreasing
20 Washington 26.7% 1,478 5,528 10.4 ↑ increasing
21 Ohio 26.6% 2,857 10,742 10.5 ↓ decreasing
22 New Hampshire 26.2% 288 1,098 9.3 ↓ decreasing
23 Iowa 26.0% 811 3,119 11.8 ↑ increasing
24 District of Columbia 25.7% 74 288 6.5 ↑ increasing
25 Delaware 25.3% 294 1,161 13.1 ↓ decreasing
26 Nevada 25.2% 787 3,123 12.2 ↓ decreasing
27 Massachusetts 25.0% 827 3,303 4.9 ↓ decreasing
28 Oregon 24.9% 1,163 4,673 13.9 ↓ decreasing
29 Texas 24.9% 8,816 35,453 14.1 ↓ decreasing
30 Maryland 24.7% 1,226 4,970 10.0 ↑ increasing
31 North Carolina 24.5% 3,326 13,557 14.4 ↓ decreasing
32 Tennessee 24.3% 2,527 10,379 18.6 ↔ stable
33 Missouri 24.1% 2,069 8,602 16.0 ↓ decreasing
34 Arkansas 24.0% 1,256 5,243 19.4 ↓ decreasing
35 New Mexico 23.8% 878 3,684 20.7 ↓ decreasing
36 Virginia 23.7% 1,832 7,746 10.5 ↓ decreasing
37 Kentucky 23.5% 1,642 6,977 18.0 ↑ increasing
38 Pennsylvania 23.3% 2,447 10,523 9.3 ↑ increasing
39 West Virginia 23.1% 571 2,470 14.7 ↓ decreasing
40 Illinois 22.9% 2,343 10,246 9.9 ↓ decreasing
41 New Jersey 22.8% 1,248 5,481 6.5 ↓ decreasing
42 Oklahoma 22.5% 1,376 6,127 17.7 ↔ stable
43 Alabama 21.9% 1,889 8,643 19.1 ↔ stable
44 Florida 20.6% 6,076 29,564 15.0 ↓ decreasing
45 Kansas 20.6% 763 3,706 13.2 ↓ decreasing
46 Arizona 20.1% 1,954 9,706 17.5 ↔ stable
47 Utah 19.6% 500 2,547 8.2 ↓ decreasing
48 Indiana 18.9% 1,502 7,935 13.1 ↓ decreasing
49 Mississippi 18.7% 1,178 6,303 24.9 ↑ increasing
50 New York 18.1% 1,732 9,578 5.7 ↓ decreasing
51 Georgia 17.3% 2,491 14,403 14.6 ↓ decreasing

Source: NHTSA FARS Alcohol-impaired driving is defined as a driver with BAC ≥ 0.08 g/dL. This information is for research and informational purposes only