Impaired Driving: Risks, Statistics, and Safety Tips
Driving when impaired is another cause of fatal accidents. The ability to perceive risks and react to them decreases significantly. The ability to think correctly can be impaired if the driver is under the influence of drugs or alcohol. It is a criminal offence to drive while impaired; therefore, it is ill-advised to do so.
A survey of young Ontario drivers in 2013 found that among drivers in grades 10 through 12
4%
of them had driven a vehicle after
drinking alcohol.
9.7%
had driven a vehicle after smoking
cannabis.
In 2014,
16%
of collisions resulting in serious
injury or death involving a drinking
driver.
69%
of collisions involving a drinking
driver were single-vehicle collisions.
Source: https://tests.ca/driving-statistics/