Drunk driving continues to be a deadly issue nationwide with Northeast Florida being no exception. A recent study ranked Florida second in the country for alcohol-impaired driving deaths, just behind Texas.
FDOT designates new ‘no pass’ zone on State Road A1A in South Ponte Vedra Beach to reduce fatalities and injuries
It has Florida with 940 alcohol-impaired deaths in 2022 which comes out to a rate of 4.2 per 100,000 residents, only behind Texas in Southern states. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration also reports high numbers in Florida. It says of its more than 2,400 traffic fatalities, 28 percent involved someone with a blood alcohol level of more than .08 percent.“The 2023 numbers have come out. They are down a little bit, but they’re not where they need to be,” Cotton explained. “In a perfect world, that number would be zero.”
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