2022 Wisconsin Drunk Driving Stats and the number of deaths related to OWIs

In 2024, Wisconsin ranked third among all states in the number of bars per capita, with 46.92 bars per 100,000 people. Wisconsin is home to 7 of the 10 U.S. cities with the highest alcohol consumption per capita.

In Wisconsin, as of 2022, 494,939 drivers had a first offense OWI conviction per the Wisconsin DoT. There were 159 drunk driving deaths in 2018 and 136 drunk driving deaths in 2019. 

“In Wisconsin, about every three hours somebody is injured or killed in an alcohol-related crash.” - Reported by WI State Patrol.

If you have a few drinks don’t drive, or you may end up being the one in an accident on I-94 Wisconsin.

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OWI Statistics

  • In 2022, about 37 people in the United States died in drunk-driving crashes every day — that's one person every 39 minutes.
    NHTSA
  • In 2018, there were an estimated 10,511 people killed in alcohol-impaired-driving crashes where at least one driver had a BAC of .08 g/dL or higher.
    NHTSA
  • Among the 50 most populous US counties, the county with the highest prevalence of alcohol-impaired drivers was Milwaukee County, Wisconsin.
    PMC (PubMed Central)
  • In 2022, drivers with BACs of .08 g/dL or higher involved in fatal crashes were 4x more likely to have prior convictions for driving while impaired than were drivers with no alcohol (6% and 2%, respectively).
    NHTSA

 

Drunk Driving Deaths from 1985-2018

Drunk Driving Deaths by Year

* Table Statistics: https://www.autoinsurance.com/research/drunk-driving-statistics/ 

  • There was a significant overall decrease of 41% in drunk driving fatalities from 1985 to 2022
  • There was relative stability from 2010 to 2019, with fatalities around 10,000 per year
  • There was a sharp increase in 2020 and 2021
  • There was a slight decrease in 2022, but numbers remain higher than pre-2020 levels
  • As of 2022, about 37 people die daily in drunk-driving crashes in the U.S.