Facts and Statistics
In 2013, licensed drivers under the age of 25 made up 14 per cent of licensed drivers but accounted for 29 per cent of all impaired driving convictions.1
Licensed drivers aged 25-44 years represent 34 per cent of drivers on Manitoba roadways, but accounted for 51 per cent of all alcohol impaired driving convictions.1
Alcohol-related impaired driving convictions declined by nearly 39 per cent1 since 1993, thanks in part to increased awareness and educational campaigns. Across all age groups:
Under 25 years of age, convictions declined by 33 per cent
25 to 44 years of age, convictions declined by 45 per cent
45 to 64 years of age, convictions declined by 22 per cent
65 years of age and older, convictions declined by 54 per cent
In the Traffic Injury Research Foundation (TIRF) report Alcohol-Crash Problem in Canada: 2010, four in ten fatally injured drivers in Manitoba in 2010 had been drinking. Among the fatally injured drinking drivers:
over three quarters of these drivers had an illegal blood alcohol level at the time of the collision
males accounted for 93 per cent of all of the fatally injured drivers who were legally impaired
The chart below shows the involvement rates of the drinking drivers who were fatally injured in our province for 2010.2
The following chart shows the number and percentage of people who died in crashes involving a drinking driver from 1995 to 2010.2