{"id":309,"date":"2017-10-12T18:53:58","date_gmt":"2017-10-12T18:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madd.org\/south-carolina\/?p=309"},"modified":"2022-05-27T09:09:18","modified_gmt":"2022-05-27T09:09:18","slug":"sc-us-drunk-driving-deaths-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madd.org\/south-carolina\/sc-us-drunk-driving-deaths-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"SC &amp; US Drunk Driving Deaths Up in 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"309\" class=\"elementor elementor-309\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5ff484c7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5ff484c7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4120b12a\" data-id=\"4120b12a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37f4241b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"37f4241b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Last week, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released the official 2016 drunk driving fatality numbers for the nation and each state.&nbsp; Sadly, drunk driving deaths were up nationally and in South Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>South Carolina had 331 drunk driving deaths, an increase of 24 from 2015.&nbsp; South Carolina\u2019s total ranks 6<sup>th<\/sup> among all states, despite being 23<sup>rd<\/sup> in population.&nbsp; 33% of traffic fatalities were caused by a drunk driver, which is 11<sup>th<\/sup> highest and higher than the national average of 28%.&nbsp; Total South Carolina traffic deaths increased by 36 to 1,015.<\/p>\n<p>Nationally, drunk driving increased by 177 to 10,497.&nbsp; It is the second year of the negative trend of increased drunk driving deaths.&nbsp; MADD has called on Congress to hold hearings on ways to address this disturbing trend.<\/p>\n<p>You can read more on the latest data <a class=\"text-red\" href=\"https:\/\/crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov\/Api\/Public\/ViewPublication\/812456\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released the official 2016 drunk driving fatality numbers for the nation and each state.&nbsp; 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