Drinking & Driving/Boating/Riding Statistics

Northern Injuries & Poisoning Report-Oct 1999

Drinking & Driving offences for Ontario: 30.2/10,000
Drinking & Driving offences for Northwestern Ontario: 67.0/10,000

• The 1996 Ontario Health Survey reports that 5.1% of Ontario residents who have been a passenger with someone who had too much to drink (riding) while 4.5% had driven after drinking too much (drinking and driving)
• The Northwestern Ontario figures are higher at 7.1% and 7.4% respectively
• 15% of Ontario boat users have operated a watercraft after having 2 or more drinks (drinking and boating).
• In the Kenora/Rainy River Districts, 47% have had more than 2 drinks and operated a boat.
• 4.5% of Ontario residents reported drinking and driving too much compared to 7.4% for Northwestern Ontario.