Impaired Driving
Impaired driving remains one of the most preventable causes of injury and death on Texas roads. Each year, too many lives are cut short because someone got behind the wheel after drinking or using drugs. Alcohol and cannabis are the substances most often linked to impaired driving—and both are among the most commonly used by young people.
5%
of Texas high school students
say they’ve driven after drinking
17%
of Texas high school students
have ridden with an impaired driver
1 in 9
Texas college students drive
after drinking at least once a month
25%
of Texas drivers in fatal alcohol
crashes are 25 or younger.
After losing my daughter, my life will never be the same.
— David Elizalde, Impaired Driving Prevention Advocate & Founder of Andrea’s Project
