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Facts and Statistics
- Some age groups are over-represented in the number of Criminal Code Offences. In 2007, drivers aged 16–24 years represent 14.1% of licensed drivers, yet account for more than double that proportion of all alcohol impaired driving convictions (30.7%). Source: 2008 Traffic Collision Statistics Report (MPI)
- In 2007, licensed drivers aged 25–44 years represent a third of drivers on Manitoba roadways (34.4%), yet account for close to half of all alcohol impaired driving convictions (49.4%). Source: 2008 Traffic Collision Statistics Report (MPI)
In the Traffic Injury Research Foundation (TIRF) report Alcohol-Crash Problem in Canada: 2007, more than four in ten fatally injured drivers in Manitoba (43.5%) in 2007 had been drinking. Among the fatally injured drinking drivers:
- Nearly all of these drivers (92.6%) had an illegal blood alcohol level at the time of the collision
- Males accounted for 80% 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 2007 (Source: Alcohol-Crash Problem in Canada: 2007)
The following chart shows the number and percentage of people who died in crashes involving a drinking driver from 1995 to 2007 (Source: Alcohol-Crash Problem in Canada: 2007)
National Survey on Impaired Driving (TIRF: Road Safety Monitor 2009):
- In 2009, Canadians continue to say they are concerned about drinking and driving, rating it as their highest concern among a list of societal issues explored. Compared with other road safety issues, drinking drivers top the list, with 83% of Canadians saying it is a very or extremely serious problem (84% in 2008).
- 85% of Canadians on the Prairies (Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta) say drinking drivers are a very or extremely serious problem.
- 19% of Canadian drivers report driving a vehicle within two hours of consuming alcohol in the past 30 days, a proportion that has consistently increased from 2005 to 2009.
- On the Prairies, 19% of drivers report driving a vehicle within two hours of consuming alcohol in the past 30 days.
- Nearly 6% of Canadian drivers admitted to driving at some time during the past year when they thought they were over the legal limit (up from only 5% in 2008).
- On the Prairies, nearly 7% of drivers admit to driving at some time during the past year when they thought they were over the legal limit.
- Nearly 12% of Canadians (equal to 3.9 million people in 2009) say they have been a passenger in a motor vehicle in the last month driven by someone who has been drinking.
- 11% of Canadians on the Prairies say they have been a passenger in a motor vehicle in the last month driven by someone who has been drinking.
The Addictions Foundation of Manitoba 2007 survey of high school students (Source: Alcohol & Other Drugs: Students in Manitoba – 2007) discovered that:
- Nearly nine in ten (87%) high school students in their last year of high school had consumed alcohol at some time in their life, including 82% who had consumed alcohol in the past year.
- Approximately 30% of Senior 4 male students and 16% of Senior 4 female students have driven within an hour of having two or more drinks.
- More than a quarter of Grade 7 and 8 students have ridden in a car driven by someone who had been drinking. Almost four in ten of Senior 1 and 2 students and nearly half of Senior 3 and 4 students have done the same.
- While just less than 6% of students say they have driven within an hour or two of smoking cannabis, more than 22% say they have been a passenger in a vehicle driven by someone who has smoked cannabis in the hour or two previous to driving.
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