California DUI 2005 Management Information Systems Report

2005 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CALIFORNIA DUI MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM JANUARY 2005.

HIGHLIGHTS OF YEAR 2005 CALIFORNIA DUI MIS REPORT

Alcohol-involved traffic fatalities rose by 2.0% in 2003, continuing a reversal in trend that started in 1999 after well over a decade of continuous decline.

DUI arrests increased by 3.7% in 2003, following an increase of 0.3% in 2002, representing the first consecutive years of increases in California DUI arrests in almost two decades.

The number of persons injured in alcohol-involved crashes fell by 2.2% in 2003, following increases of 0.7% in 2002, 2.7% in 2001 and 3.8% in 2000 (which was the first such increase in 14 years).

14.8% of all 2002 DUI arrests in California were associated with a reported traffic crash, compared to 14.1% in 2001, 13.5% in 2000, 12.5% in 1999, 12.8% in 1998, 12.3% in 1997, 12.6% in 1996, 12.4% in 1995, 13.2% in 1994 and 13.1% in 1993. 42.8% of these crashes involved an injury or fatality.

The average blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of a convicted DUI offender, as reported by law enforcement on APS forms, was .162% in 2002, down slightly from the last several years, yet more than double the California illegal per se BAC limit of .08%.

Among 2003 DUI arrestees, Hispanics (44.2%) again constituted the largest racial/ethnic group, as they have each year since 1992 (with the exception of 1999). Hispanics, however, continued to be arrested at a rate substantially higher than their estimated percentage of California’s adult population (27.5% in 2003). The ethnic distribution among California DUI arrestees who are convicted fairly closely parallels the ethnic distribution of the arrestees.

The average age of an arrested DUI offender in 2003 was 33.3 years. Less than 1% of arrested DUI offenders are juveniles (under age 18).

Among convicted DUI offenders in 2002, 75.9% were first offenders and 24.1% were repeat offenders (one or more prior convictions within the previous 7 years). The proportion of repeat offenders has decreased slightly each year since 1989, when it stood at 37%.

10.9% of 2002 California DUI arrest cases did not show any corresponding conviction on DMV records, the same rate as 2001 DUI arrests.

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