What is the Mission of the Impaired Driving Division?

The mission of the Impaired Driving Division is to develop partnerships to cooperatively save lives, prevent injuries, and reduce traffic-related health care and economic costs resulting from impaired driving (alcohol and other drugs).

Goal: We are committed to reducing alcohol-related fatalities to no more than .53 alcohol-related fatalities per 100 million vehicle miles traveled by 2005.

What's New at the Impaired Driving Division?

Traffic Safety Today - Criminal Justice Leadership Meeting (posted 10/28/04)
In September 2003, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the National Criminal Justice Association (NCJA) convened a meeting of criminal justice association leaders to address strategies for reducing traffic crashes. This 34-page report summarizes the meeting and identifies actions to improve traffic safety.

State Laws and Practices for BAC Testing and Reporting Drivers Involved in Fatal Crashes (posted 09/31/04)
This report presents the results of a study of alcohol testing and reporting methods and rates for drivers involved in fatal traffic crashes. It identifies the best practices currently in use and major barriers to increasing testing, as determined from detailed studies of ten States. The report concludes with suggestions for implementing these best practices.

The Nation's New Strategy to Stop Impaired Driving (posted 09/16/04)
WEB DESCRIPTION: This brochure describes three components of the Nation's new strategy to reduce impaired driving. It describes and includes objectives for high visibility enforcement, support for prosecutors and DWI courts, and screening and brief intervention.

You Drink & Drive. You Lose. National Crackdown
This Labor Day Keep America's Families Safe from Impaired Drivers
Join the You Drink & Drive. You Lose. National Mobilization
For most Americans, the labor day is a fun, relaxed time to join family and friends to celebrate the end of summer and welcome in the fall and perhaps the school year. Unfortunately, holidays also bring the deadliest times of year on America's highways for impaired driving. That's why nearly 10,000 law enforcement agencies are joining forces with hundreds of traffic safety organizations in all 50 States to protect citizens from this deadly and serious crime.

Conforming Products List (CPL) of Evidential Breath Testers (EBTs) .pdf version (posted 7/21/2004)
The current NHTSA Conforming Products List (CPL) of Evidential Breath
Testers (EBTs) published in the Federal Register (69FR42237-42239) on Wednesday, July 14, 2004.

NHTSA and the US Department of Education with the Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention released the Safe Lanes on Campus: A Guide for Preventing Impaired Driving and Underage Drinking. Grounded in research literature, the 60-page guidebook describes strategies for combating underage drinking and impaired driving. Also available in pdf.  (posted 02/24,2004)

Enhanced Sanctions for Higher BACs: Evaluation of Minnessota's High - BAC Law (posted 2/04/04)
This research study evaluated Minnesota’s "high BAC" law which mandates enhanced sanctions for DWI offenders with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of .20 or more.

Economic Burden of Traffic Crashes on Employers – Costs by State and Industry, and by Alcohol and Restraint Use (posted 1-15-04)
Employers pay for injuries that occur on- and off-the-job. The report provides employers with the specific costs of motor vehicle crash injuries by state and by industry type and includes estimates of alcohol involvement and restraint non-use. Motor vehicle crash injuries on- and off-the-job cost employers about $60 billion annually in 1998-2000. Off-the-job injuries to workers and their dependents represent one-third of those costs. Although motor vehicle injury costs to employers vary widely by state and industry, this report demonstrates that increasing restraint use and reducing alcohol impaired driving have the potential for significant cost savings. This report updates the national estimates of employer costs of crashes presented in NHTSA’s 1996 report “What Do Traffic Crashes Cost? Total Cost to Employers by State and Industry.”

NHTSA is pleased to announce the launching of a new web site on Independence Day, 2003. Help make our nation free from the crime of impaired driving. Read and share ideas at www.StopImpairedDriving.org. (posted 07-03-03)

IPT Impaired Driving Report (posted 12/3/2003)
As a symptom of the larger substance abuse problem, impaired driving leaves thousands dead and injured each year, with a cost of billions to the nation. In 2002 alone, there was an estimated 17,419 alcohol-related motor vehicle deaths. Embedded within issues of alcoholism, underage and problem drinking, drug abuse, and illegal sale of alcohol and other drugs, the solutions to the impaired driving problem are complex, wide-ranging and expensive. NHTSA has made finding solutions to reduce impaired driving one of the agency’s highest priorities. This document describes the safety problem represented by impaired driving and provides strategies the agency plans to pursue decreasing impaired driving - thereby saving lives. In addition to the full agenda of highway safety issues, safety belt use, rollover mitigation and vehicle compatibility are the other priority issues set by NHTSA to reduce the occurrence and consequences of motor vehicle fatalities and injuries.

December is... National Drunk and Drugged Driving (3D) Prevention Month
Since 1981, every President of the United States has demonstrated his commitment to preventing impaired driving by proclaiming December 3D Month. Fall is here and it's time to finish planning for December and National Drunk and Drugged Driving (3D) Prevention Month. We've listened to your comments and improved the way we do business.  This year's planner  is offered direct to you online. It's fast, easy and on time! Previous planners are also availabe to review for timeless ideas!
Use these timely resources from the You Drink & Drive. You Lose. National Moblization Planner to help you plan and promote 3D Month: