During 2010, members of the Dakota County Traffic Safety Project worked more than 4,000 hours of supplemental traffic enforcement. In addition to the DWI arrests, they also made 37 drug arrests and wrote 843 speeding and 1,044 seatbelt citations during the designated enforcement periods. (Totals shown are from the Dakota County Traffic Safety Project only.)
If your blood alcohol concentration (BAC) is 0.08 or higher or you are under the influence of a controlled or hazardous substance while you are in control of a moving or parked vehicle, you can be arrested for Driving While Impaired (DWI).
Driving While Impaired arrests in Dakota County**
| Year |
Arrests |
Arrests under age 21 |
| 2006 |
3,007 |
262 |
| 2007 |
2,906 |
268 |
| 2008 |
2,520 |
170 |
| 2009 |
2,337 |
182 |
Car crashes in Dakota County These crashes are broken down to include the type of crash, as well as the number that were alcohol-related. **
| Year |
Fatalities/Alcohol |
Injured/Alcohol |
Property/Alcohol |
| 2006 |
20/7 |
2,150/155 |
2,996/147 |
| 2007 |
26/8 |
2,152/135 |
3,358/141 |
| 2008 |
20/6 |
2,120/103 |
3,353/124 |
| 2009 |
13/4 |
2,022/103 |
3,110/122 |
** Data collected from the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Office of Traffic Safety