- Every thirty-one minutes someone in the U.S. is killed due to an alcohol-related motor vehicle crash.
- In Minnesota in 2005, there were 5,055 crashes that involved alcohol, resulting in 197 deaths and 3,571 people injured, at an estimated economic cost of more than $300 million.
- Dakota County statistics:
- Crashes involving alcohol killed 8 people and injured 175 others in 2004.
- In 2005, 2,650 motorists were arrested for DWI.
- The cost of alcohol-related traffic crashes, fatalities and injuries is estimated to be more than $13 million.
Dakota County works with police departments throughout the county to combat impaired driving, including these projects: