Drinking on holiday weekends could lead to car accidents – The Oakland Press

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A Bloomfield Township police officer approaches a vehicle during a traffic stop on Telegraph Road (screenshot from police body camera footage)

Police no longer use sobriety checkpoints, but road patrol officers still look for people driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

The Fourth of July weekend is one of the worst for fatal crashes, according to Michigan State Police, with an average of 18 fatalities. That’s the same as the Thanksgiving weekend average. In 2019, the last time the Fourth of July weekend spanned four days, 19 people died in crashes, according to state police.

The Michigan State Police Crime Information Center and the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute track crash statistics every year.

The latest data from 2022 shows that there were 9,331 alcohol-related crashes in Michigan, resulting in 322 deaths, and 2,452 drug-related crashes, resulting in 249 deaths.

Almost half of fatal accidents in 2022 were caused by drugs and alcohol.

Data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration shows that 487 people died in traffic crashes across the United States during the 2022 Fourth of July long weekend.

Almost half (196%) of fatalities, or 40%, were caused by driving under the influence of alcohol.
Of the fatalities in 2022, 27% involved at least one driver or motorcyclist who had a blood alcohol concentration of almost twice the legal limit.

The group most at risk of drinking and driving: 50% of drunk drivers are aged 21 to 34.
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Between 2018 and 2022, there were 2,228 road traffic fatalities recorded during the 4th of July holiday period, of which 1,414 were drivers.

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