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Statistics:
An average drunk driver has driven drunk 80 times before first arrest.
MADD serves a victim or survivor of drunk driving every nine minutes.
This year, 10,839 people will die in drunk-driving crashes – one every 50 minutes.
One in three people will be involved in an alcohol-related crash in their lifetime.
One in three 8th graders drinks alcohol.
MADD has saved 27,000 young lives through passage of groundbreaking public health laws.
One in three will be involved in an alcohol-related crash in their lifetime.
Every minute, one person is injured from an alcohol-related crash.
50 to 75% of convicted drunk drivers continue to drive on a suspended license.
One in five teens binge drink. Only 1 in 100 parents believes his or her teen binge drinks.
Teen alcohol use kills about 6000 people each year, more than all illegal drugs combined.
Car crashes are the leading cause of death for teens and one out of three of those is alcohol related.
Kids who start drinking young are seven times more likely to be in an alcohol-related crash.
Drunk driving costs each adult in this country almost $500 per year.
High school students who use alcohol or other substances are five times more likely to drop out of school or believe good grades are not important.
Every minute, one person is injured from an alcohol-related crash.
Since 1980 MADD has nearly saved 300,000 lives …and counting.