Overview - The Financial Cost of Impaired Driving
The financial and social costs of impaired driving are staggering. In 2010, impairment-related crashes resulted in an estimated 1,082 fatalities, 63,821 injuries and damage to 210,932 vehicles in property damage only (PDO) crashes. There were a total of 181,911 crashes, costing an estimated $20.62 billion. These costs factor in fatalities, injuries, property damage, traffic delays, out-of-pocket expenses, hospital/health costs and police, fire and ambulance costs.
For more information, see our Statistics page
or Estimating the Number and Cost of Impairment-Related Traffic Crashes in Canada: 1999 – 2010.
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