Economic Impact of Drunk Driving on Orange County

Estimated economic impact of alcohol-related crashes to Orange County is more than $224.2 million per year to Orange County's businesses. (For all of California the impact is over $2.5 billion.)

This includes lost wages and fringe benefits, lost special skills, retraining, recruitment if needed to replace the person, health insurance, workers' comp insurance, disability insurance, motor vehicle insurance, replacement/repair of vehicle, property damage, etc.

The highest-risk group overall continues to be people who are in the labor force when they are involved in a alcohol-related crash. (more than 68%).

The highest-risk groups - by age - are between the ages of 16 and 24, and the group between the ages of 35 and 44.

Source: From Economic Impact of Drunk Driving in California, Summary Report, a study prepared by Dr. Dennis Tootelian, Cal State University, Sacramento CA for the California Coalition Against DUI.

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Page updated: August 13, 2005

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