CAR ACCIDENT FACTS, STATISTICS AND DRIVING CITATIONS IN FLORIDA
2020 data from The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles shows nearly 37,000 total DUI arrests statewide.
Hillsborough County recorded 3,196 DUI arrests while Pinellas County accounted for 2,752 DUI arrests.
Also in Hillsborough County, over 9200 people were cited for driving without a license or driving while their operating privileges were suspended or revoked. Reckless driving accounted for 227 violations while 845 citations were issued to drivers for leaving the scene of an accident. 306 citations were issued for fleeing and 69 citations were issued for racing on the highway.
Pinellas County cited over 7800 people for driving with a suspended or revoked license. Reckless driving accounted for 456 violations with another 911 citations issued for leaving the scene of an accident. 479 citations were issued for fleeing, and 201 citations were issued for racing on the highway.
Accidents involving DUI kill somebody in the United States every 32 minutes, while non-fatal injuries as a result of DUI occur every two minutes.
With those kinds of statistics, there is an increased possibility for you to become involved in an car accident that causes you injury due to the negligence of another.
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