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Percent of Alcohol-Related Motor Vehicle Crashes (Defined as Alcohol-related if BAC is at a .01 level or higher), All Available Years: by County

199519961997199819992000200120022004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019
Minnesota6.8%6.1%6.0%6.2%5.9%5.6%5.4%6.0%5.3%5.8%6.0%5.4%5.4%5.3%5.1%5.0%5.5%4.7%4.4%4.9%5.4%5.6%5.1%5.1%
Aitkin County15.7%8.1%6.9%12.2%8.8%9.5%8.3%7.5%10.1%9.9%14.7%12.3%9.4%10.7%9.7%9.9%11.6%8.3%8.2%5.2%8.2%11.3%9.4%11.0%
Anoka County7.4%6.3%6.4%6.0%6.2%6.1%6.2%6.5%5.1%6.5%6.7%5.6%5.8%5.4%5.2%4.6%6.3%5.0%4.9%4.4%7.0%6.1%5.5%6.0%
Becker County13.7%11.1%12.4%11.2%11.7%12.2%10.4%14.4%8.5%11.0%11.7%11.2%8.7%8.0%8.5%10.0%7.8%5.9%9.3%9.2%10.0%11.5%9.7%4.2%
Beltrami County6.7%6.3%8.2%6.4%8.4%8.3%5.8%7.1%8.1%7.4%8.6%7.6%6.8%9.0%8.8%5.5%7.4%6.5%5.4%6.9%9.2%7.9%10.8%8.5%
Benton County5.6%6.9%6.1%7.8%7.7%6.9%5.9%7.8%6.7%8.7%8.3%6.3%7.2%5.3%6.7%5.7%5.7%4.2%3.3%7.5%5.9%4.2%4.3%4.0%
Big Stone County0.9%10.1%2.0%12.7%7.6%4.7%10.5%4.9%16.5%4.7%10.9%6.5%12.7%11.9%3.8%6.8%14.1%13.2%7.3%9.4%18.2%18.5%16.7%13.3%
Blue Earth County7.3%6.1%4.9%7.1%4.8%4.7%4.3%5.6%5.1%6.4%4.8%5.6%5.5%4.0%4.2%4.2%6.3%5.7%5.1%4.5%7.9%6.1%4.8%5.0%
Brown County7.5%5.7%5.4%6.4%7.2%4.8%4.8%4.3%7.7%6.4%3.8%3.8%5.9%3.6%4.3%4.0%7.0%3.4%3.1%6.1%4.4%5.3%3.4%1.8%
Carlton County7.3%8.9%7.3%8.7%6.2%7.8%7.3%10.0%7.1%8.1%8.8%5.4%6.1%9.2%5.0%5.5%7.2%6.5%5.6%8.5%5.3%6.2%5.4%4.4%
Carver County7.5%6.3%7.5%6.1%5.9%6.1%5.7%5.9%5.0%5.9%5.0%4.4%4.8%4.0%5.2%4.7%5.0%4.9%4.1%3.9%5.0%5.9%5.2%5.4%
Cass County16.9%15.4%14.3%16.3%14.4%14.1%13.0%14.8%12.9%12.3%11.3%12.7%9.1%11.6%9.9%8.1%11.7%7.8%10.4%9.8%10.0%10.0%10.7%11.5%
Chippewa County8.9%7.2%6.8%6.5%10.6%8.0%8.2%9.8%13.3%10.9%9.1%5.9%8.1%4.7%7.7%4.9%8.8%4.8%7.1%10.8%9.5%5.3%5.6%3.3%
Chisago County7.5%7.2%7.7%7.0%8.2%6.9%5.8%6.4%5.3%7.5%8.1%6.5%4.8%6.2%6.9%8.2%7.4%6.9%3.5%6.9%7.5%8.3%6.8%9.1%
Clay County6.3%5.8%4.4%6.0%5.6%4.2%5.3%6.5%5.8%4.9%5.2%6.6%6.2%6.0%5.9%4.7%7.8%5.0%3.7%5.2%5.3%6.9%5.5%7.0%
Clearwater County14.7%13.5%11.8%18.8%13.8%7.4%7.0%9.4%10.8%6.6%7.6%3.5%8.0%12.1%6.1%6.4%10.1%8.3%2.4%9.8%17.9%9.6%11.1%14.0%
Cook County12.8%12.7%7.4%10.1%12.5%6.7%9.2%11.2%7.8%3.8%7.8%3.3%7.3%8.0%10.1%8.2%8.3%13.6%3.6%7.6%10.0%13.9%11.5%11.7%
Cottonwood County8.6%5.4%7.5%6.0%6.1%10.1%5.3%7.9%4.7%6.0%5.6%6.2%5.3%6.6%3.7%10.1%9.7%5.9%8.3%4.5%7.2%6.1%8.8%0.0%
Crow Wing County7.9%6.5%6.3%7.2%6.4%6.2%7.4%6.9%5.8%7.5%6.7%5.5%7.1%5.4%6.2%6.0%7.8%6.3%4.1%5.7%6.0%6.4%6.5%5.3%
Dakota County6.0%5.7%5.4%6.0%5.6%5.2%4.7%5.3%4.8%5.5%6.8%5.7%4.7%5.0%4.8%4.5%5.2%4.2%4.5%5.0%4.2%4.8%4.6%4.3%
Dodge County11.2%7.0%5.9%11.3%7.3%6.3%5.5%5.9%6.2%5.7%6.3%5.0%2.7%6.6%4.2%6.3%4.8%6.0%3.8%3.6%4.4%10.9%5.7%7.1%
Douglas County6.0%6.1%4.3%5.5%6.0%5.7%4.7%4.4%6.7%5.4%7.5%5.3%6.2%4.9%4.3%3.8%5.5%5.2%4.7%4.4%5.0%6.5%5.3%6.5%
Faribault County11.2%11.0%4.0%10.0%6.0%7.0%8.2%8.4%8.4%6.1%7.2%4.1%2.5%3.7%5.2%4.5%3.1%6.6%7.1%8.3%8.9%10.5%12.2%8.8%
Fillmore County9.8%7.9%8.5%4.1%7.5%7.7%7.0%8.1%9.7%7.0%7.3%7.2%7.4%5.2%4.9%7.0%8.9%6.7%5.5%6.8%11.2%6.3%10.1%9.9%
Freeborn County4.9%5.4%5.5%5.2%5.6%5.2%4.0%7.2%4.2%4.6%4.4%2.1%6.6%5.5%5.1%4.8%6.7%5.8%5.3%4.5%4.5%4.5%3.7%4.4%
Goodhue County6.1%5.4%7.3%6.5%6.3%5.6%6.6%5.3%5.6%5.9%5.4%5.3%4.4%4.9%4.7%6.3%3.2%3.6%4.2%7.0%6.7%3.5%4.8%4.0%
Grant County5.6%4.5%6.0%4.1%7.5%8.4%6.0%10.6%11.4%7.0%15.2%8.1%7.9%7.4%5.4%2.9%15.6%13.0%2.7%12.3%6.0%6.3%4.7%2.6%
Hennepin County5.5%5.1%5.0%4.9%4.5%4.2%4.4%4.6%4.4%4.7%4.8%4.6%4.8%4.5%4.6%4.2%4.9%4.3%3.6%3.8%4.8%4.6%4.4%4.3%
Houston County11.7%7.1%7.5%7.2%6.1%8.2%9.0%9.4%9.4%6.9%8.3%5.5%5.2%8.0%6.9%5.7%9.6%7.7%2.9%10.0%5.2%9.6%12.3%12.9%
Hubbard County11.1%12.5%13.0%13.8%10.4%9.5%6.9%13.5%7.3%11.2%9.8%11.2%12.4%13.7%12.0%9.7%12.9%9.1%13.4%8.6%10.0%14.3%8.9%8.1%
Isanti County8.1%9.5%8.1%7.6%6.2%6.0%5.2%6.2%4.8%4.9%6.5%5.6%4.8%7.1%5.6%4.6%6.5%2.9%4.6%6.5%8.0%7.8%6.1%7.5%
Itasca County9.7%10.5%9.4%8.5%12.1%10.2%9.8%9.7%8.1%8.5%10.0%7.7%7.3%8.6%7.2%7.5%9.0%7.2%4.4%8.3%7.1%7.7%5.7%7.6%
Jackson County8.6%7.0%4.4%7.5%8.0%3.5%6.1%7.9%4.0%2.9%7.5%3.4%6.7%12.6%3.8%3.7%4.8%2.3%4.8%6.9%7.2%5.2%7.3%8.5%
Kanabec County12.5%9.5%10.9%14.5%6.5%9.2%7.3%7.4%7.0%10.2%7.6%12.2%5.2%6.4%6.9%8.9%8.7%6.6%4.0%4.4%6.3%8.1%3.0%9.4%
Kandiyohi County7.3%6.3%5.3%5.9%5.9%5.1%4.3%5.8%6.4%4.7%5.6%5.3%4.4%6.4%3.5%6.7%7.1%4.2%3.9%3.6%5.0%6.2%4.5%3.3%
Kittson County7.1%5.1%8.0%8.1%8.4%6.9%2.5%4.2%7.0%11.4%7.9%8.1%8.7%11.5%5.0%18.8%10.0%21.1%7.7%0.0%21.4%21.4%23.1%15.4%
Koochiching County11.1%9.5%14.2%11.7%12.2%11.8%11.6%4.9%7.5%6.6%8.4%8.2%6.7%10.3%7.8%8.0%10.7%3.6%12.5%7.8%6.3%18.3%0.0%4.6%
Lac Qui Parle County1.5%4.7%7.8%7.7%16.3%10.9%3.0%6.3%13.3%6.5%10.5%3.7%9.1%14.6%9.6%8.9%2.7%3.6%2.3%16.1%6.3%4.2%0.0%9.4%
Lake County4.9%8.2%7.5%5.3%7.5%6.2%7.9%8.0%6.1%5.8%5.0%5.0%7.7%7.5%12.6%10.1%8.7%7.7%4.6%12.5%5.3%5.9%6.8%8.1%
Lake of the Woods County3.9%9.2%10.0%7.5%5.8%17.2%11.4%17.7%8.8%9.8%20.0%17.1%12.9%3.7%10.5%9.7%14.3%0.0%9.1%7.7%18.2%25.0%0.0%36.4%
Le Sueur County10.7%8.7%5.9%8.5%8.4%8.1%8.4%7.3%11.2%8.3%6.4%9.8%9.0%6.6%6.3%4.5%7.9%7.4%6.6%6.6%8.8%10.7%5.8%7.5%
Lincoln County5.6%3.8%5.1%12.0%5.7%3.5%3.0%7.1%7.5%9.3%10.7%9.9%10.1%7.0%4.1%5.4%8.6%3.6%8.6%6.7%2.9%11.1%4.7%0.0%
Lyon County5.7%5.0%7.2%4.8%7.0%5.2%5.4%4.8%6.0%7.3%5.7%7.2%7.9%6.6%4.2%5.3%3.5%6.5%6.0%3.7%6.3%6.3%3.8%4.9%
McLeod County7.2%5.4%7.1%4.6%7.9%5.0%4.4%5.3%3.3%5.7%5.0%4.9%3.7%2.8%3.6%3.3%3.7%2.9%3.8%5.9%9.8%7.6%4.7%4.2%
Mahnomen County18.6%18.9%15.2%22.8%23.3%23.3%16.9%17.9%15.9%10.0%15.9%17.5%14.3%14.6%20.0%9.1%11.1%17.0%10.0%20.7%21.9%14.3%16.2%6.5%
Marshall County12.2%9.8%10.1%13.7%7.3%14.3%12.2%19.1%6.3%16.0%6.6%11.8%9.6%20.0%15.8%18.6%15.3%17.2%0.0%15.2%18.8%7.5%13.6%9.3%
Martin County7.5%5.2%6.0%5.2%7.4%9.3%5.2%5.1%5.9%5.4%5.5%6.6%3.3%6.6%5.5%4.1%6.4%5.5%6.0%8.5%7.0%5.5%6.9%8.9%
Meeker County6.6%6.7%5.4%5.1%6.0%5.0%4.9%8.5%7.1%10.5%5.3%6.6%8.9%8.2%7.6%5.9%6.2%11.2%6.5%9.4%8.7%7.1%6.6%7.0%
Mille Lacs County11.4%9.4%8.8%11.0%9.7%7.9%6.0%7.2%9.6%8.7%11.2%7.0%7.2%7.5%8.1%9.6%11.7%5.3%7.4%8.7%6.7%9.5%9.1%10.2%
Morrison County10.6%10.3%9.9%9.9%12.0%11.0%9.4%11.9%8.3%8.0%10.5%10.2%9.1%9.8%7.5%8.4%10.9%10.0%8.2%6.9%6.5%8.4%6.1%8.7%
Mower County5.7%5.5%6.0%7.0%5.4%5.9%5.9%6.4%4.8%5.1%9.3%5.3%6.8%5.4%4.0%5.9%7.9%4.5%4.5%4.2%7.1%4.6%5.3%5.9%
Murray County11.9%6.5%5.7%9.9%11.4%5.2%5.0%6.4%10.8%9.2%8.3%9.5%10.0%12.9%4.4%12.9%11.8%7.9%7.8%3.7%15.4%9.6%4.1%9.9%
Nicollet County9.0%6.1%4.9%5.5%4.8%4.8%4.7%4.6%6.9%5.8%4.4%4.3%4.1%3.9%4.8%2.3%4.7%4.8%4.7%4.9%6.3%5.2%4.3%4.2%
Nobles County5.0%4.1%3.9%5.8%4.5%5.0%3.6%5.2%2.4%3.5%4.2%2.8%4.5%4.7%3.8%5.6%5.0%5.2%3.1%5.1%4.7%4.8%4.9%5.5%
Norman County12.2%6.5%8.6%8.5%10.8%10.8%7.4%10.0%3.3%9.9%6.8%12.3%13.8%13.3%6.7%15.0%15.7%5.7%2.1%6.7%8.9%0.0%2.4%7.5%
Olmsted County6.4%4.9%5.4%6.1%5.7%4.5%4.1%4.6%4.2%3.7%4.5%4.6%3.7%4.4%3.9%4.9%4.8%4.4%4.1%5.0%4.2%5.0%4.9%3.9%
Otter Tail County8.8%7.1%5.8%7.9%10.7%7.2%8.8%8.4%7.0%7.2%7.6%6.7%7.1%7.3%5.4%7.5%6.4%7.7%5.5%7.0%7.1%8.2%7.7%8.6%
Pennington County8.2%6.8%7.5%6.2%4.4%6.8%8.2%6.6%8.0%9.5%7.1%7.8%10.7%7.4%9.3%8.1%7.0%9.7%6.6%6.8%7.7%4.5%7.2%2.8%
Pine County10.8%9.1%9.3%7.5%7.4%12.1%7.8%8.9%8.0%9.0%6.6%6.5%7.7%7.9%9.5%7.9%7.8%5.3%5.9%9.0%6.9%12.0%7.6%7.6%
Pipestone County8.5%9.2%4.8%5.8%4.1%8.3%2.6%3.9%7.4%9.3%6.4%7.2%16.7%6.9%13.0%7.7%6.9%9.7%3.8%7.5%14.1%2.4%8.2%8.1%
Polk County10.5%6.7%8.4%7.6%8.2%11.0%7.8%9.3%7.2%8.3%10.0%9.0%6.9%8.5%8.8%7.7%10.8%4.0%6.7%8.0%8.6%7.9%7.1%9.2%
Pope County8.3%2.5%8.5%8.5%13.7%7.9%10.1%12.3%8.9%12.1%9.2%11.2%11.3%10.8%8.8%6.5%12.5%8.7%8.2%11.9%7.0%9.8%5.3%5.1%
Ramsey County5.4%5.2%5.1%5.1%4.6%4.7%4.8%5.1%4.1%4.5%4.4%4.2%3.9%4.3%4.4%4.6%4.3%3.6%4.0%4.0%4.3%5.6%5.4%5.5%
Red Lake County12.8%11.9%12.3%22.0%14.7%14.0%10.4%10.9%6.5%18.9%31.0%25.0%17.4%33.3%30.8%19.0%13.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%14.3%45.5%14.3%11.1%
Redwood County6.2%9.9%7.7%7.4%10.3%9.5%6.2%13.1%6.5%7.7%7.8%8.4%9.7%18.8%4.3%6.5%11.9%5.0%4.7%8.3%6.2%6.9%3.3%9.5%
Renville County11.4%10.0%7.3%6.3%6.9%8.6%6.8%5.9%10.3%12.2%4.4%11.0%7.6%4.4%5.3%5.3%10.1%1.4%3.8%12.7%9.3%8.4%7.6%6.4%
Rice County6.8%7.8%4.7%6.3%4.7%6.2%6.9%6.4%5.5%5.8%7.0%8.4%6.9%3.8%5.7%5.1%4.3%4.7%4.9%6.3%5.5%7.7%6.1%6.2%
Rock County5.0%3.8%3.6%5.6%4.7%6.4%3.5%6.6%4.0%3.3%5.2%4.6%2.3%2.7%2.3%2.5%7.3%7.9%4.0%4.9%5.8%3.3%2.2%3.7%
Roseau County6.0%6.8%6.8%6.3%5.9%10.4%8.9%7.5%4.4%2.8%10.0%10.8%9.2%8.1%7.0%3.8%12.3%6.4%5.0%6.3%18.4%8.2%7.1%10.4%
St. Louis County9.1%9.4%9.3%9.2%9.4%9.2%7.9%9.5%7.2%8.2%8.8%6.5%6.5%7.2%5.8%6.1%6.3%5.1%5.6%4.9%5.7%5.7%5.2%5.4%
Scott County8.4%7.6%6.0%8.2%6.8%5.3%7.5%7.9%6.6%6.5%6.2%5.6%6.0%4.9%5.4%4.4%5.4%5.6%5.3%5.5%5.2%6.1%5.4%4.6%
Sherburne County7.9%5.5%6.4%6.4%6.9%5.3%5.3%6.2%6.6%7.9%5.5%6.0%6.5%5.3%5.2%6.0%4.6%5.2%4.5%5.9%6.6%6.2%5.5%5.2%
Sibley County10.0%12.7%5.8%8.3%5.8%8.9%4.7%9.7%7.7%7.6%5.6%10.7%5.9%4.9%4.9%6.7%4.8%5.2%4.6%8.4%6.6%11.9%7.0%7.5%
Stearns County6.3%5.7%6.4%7.6%7.5%6.5%6.8%6.1%5.2%5.8%5.9%4.1%4.5%4.5%4.1%4.3%4.2%4.4%3.8%4.6%4.0%3.9%3.4%3.9%
Steele County7.1%4.5%5.3%3.3%3.6%5.3%3.5%4.5%4.8%4.3%4.9%3.4%3.9%6.2%3.6%3.3%6.5%3.0%3.7%5.6%3.0%5.8%2.7%4.2%
Stevens County6.9%4.7%4.2%3.7%8.8%6.0%5.0%6.0%6.1%8.7%4.5%7.6%8.0%11.1%5.2%5.1%7.5%4.3%11.5%7.1%6.6%5.3%10.7%15.0%
Swift County7.2%6.2%8.3%14.8%9.7%5.2%6.7%7.5%6.3%13.3%17.4%9.4%10.4%6.9%7.3%6.0%10.3%1.2%10.1%14.5%12.1%11.6%10.0%8.7%
Todd County9.2%8.8%10.1%8.7%8.6%7.7%7.3%7.1%6.3%7.7%10.9%7.9%10.2%8.8%9.5%4.7%7.4%7.6%9.4%8.0%6.4%7.2%7.1%5.2%
Traverse County5.0%13.2%4.3%5.9%12.1%8.1%9.3%22.7%8.3%23.5%7.4%5.9%8.8%8.3%10.3%0.0%13.3%15.4%0.0%2.9%0.0%3.6%13.6%0.0%
Wabasha County10.7%9.8%10.2%11.3%10.9%6.9%7.1%6.7%5.3%7.1%7.9%6.3%7.6%9.0%6.8%7.0%6.0%8.1%4.0%5.0%7.8%8.3%6.9%6.3%
Wadena County9.5%7.7%8.9%9.0%10.1%7.4%4.3%8.0%8.9%10.8%9.0%6.0%8.7%8.2%8.0%4.4%6.0%4.4%5.5%6.8%5.7%9.4%13.8%12.0%
Waseca County6.3%5.8%7.9%6.4%8.6%4.4%7.7%6.9%5.8%6.4%5.5%8.9%7.8%3.8%8.8%6.2%5.9%6.9%3.1%10.8%6.5%5.7%7.5%3.5%
Washington County6.8%6.2%5.6%5.9%4.9%5.2%5.2%5.5%4.5%5.3%5.5%5.3%6.3%5.9%5.2%5.0%5.4%4.7%5.7%6.0%5.6%6.1%5.9%5.3%
Watonwan County4.6%9.2%6.6%3.7%3.4%3.0%4.2%8.4%9.0%7.1%5.8%6.2%3.0%6.2%0.7%8.2%3.5%8.6%3.0%5.8%6.7%7.1%3.6%3.7%
Wilkin County9.6%10.9%9.4%9.3%7.3%6.7%10.0%8.6%11.2%1.5%7.9%7.5%6.3%7.0%4.7%2.9%4.0%1.4%4.4%5.4%7.9%6.5%5.1%3.8%
Winona County8.6%6.8%6.9%7.4%6.6%5.7%6.3%5.8%4.8%5.9%5.6%5.7%5.4%4.6%5.8%4.5%4.6%5.1%5.2%3.9%6.1%8.1%5.5%6.7%
Wright County8.1%6.7%7.3%7.2%6.9%6.8%6.5%7.2%6.9%8.0%7.0%6.8%5.8%6.2%4.9%4.9%6.1%4.9%5.5%5.4%6.3%6.3%4.4%5.2%
Yellow Medicine County11.8%6.2%8.3%12.1%8.3%5.5%6.9%8.2%9.5%13.0%7.8%13.3%11.9%5.5%11.3%7.5%2.3%6.3%2.3%10.3%14.3%9.1%5.9%5.0%

About the Indicator: As a depressant, alcohol use interferes with coordination, judgment and reaction time and can have fatal consequences.  Impaired behavior around motor vehicles puts drivers, pedestrians, passengers and others at risk.  Reported are the number of traffic crashes involving alcohol and the percentage of all reported motor vehicle crashes in the county involving alcohol.

In 2013, the percent of all motor vehicle crashes that were alcohol-related was 4.7% in Minnesota, as compared to 4.1% in Wisconsin, 5.9% in South Dakota, and 2.0% in Michigan.  State rates are found using the Minnesota Office of Traffic Safety (OTS), Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation (DOT), South Dakota Dept. of Public Safety, and Michigan Traffic Crash Facts (MTCF);  For national comparisons, click here: State Epi Profile.

Note: Data are not available for 2003.

Data Source: Minnesota Motor Vehicle Crash Facts

Description: Crash Facts provides summary statistical information on crashes, deaths and injuries in Minnesota.

Sponsored by: Office of Traffic Safety, MN Department of Public Safety

Geographic Level: State, County

Aggregated data at the state and county level do not reveal disparities that may exist within a given geographic area.

Frequency: Data collected and reported annually

Characteristics: Alcohol-related injuries and property damage only crashes are less well documented than fatalities. Total Crashes for each County not available for 2003. Crash Facts is comparable across all states as a component of Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS).