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Sgt. Carol Ogrinc would not specify where the checkpoint will be or when it will be set up. She did say there will be proper notification for drivers.
A news release from the Police Department had the following statistics from the National Traffic Safety Administration from 2010:
? Nationally there were 10,228 fatalities in crashes involving a driver with a blood alcohol content of .08 or higher – 31 percent of total traffic fatalities for the year.
? An average of one alcohol-impaired-driving fatality occurred every 51 minutes.
? The rate of alcohol impairment among drivers involved in fatal crashes was four times higher at night than during the day (37 percent versus 9 percent).
? 16 percent of all drivers involved in fatal crashes during the week were alcohol-impaired, compared to 31 percent on weekends.
? In fatal crashes the highest percentage of drivers with a BAC level of .08 or higher was for drivers ages 21 to 24 (34 percent), followed by ages 25 to 34 (30 percent).
? In Connecticut there were 319 traffic fatalities. Of those, 43 percent were alcohol-related and 38 percent of those drivers had a BAC of .08 percent or higher.
The Connecticut Department of Transportation, Office of Transportation Safety will help fund the department’s effort, the release said.
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