Arizona DUI arrest facts for 2006:

• 35,877 DUI arrests (Source: AZ Department of Public Safety)

Arizona crash facts at a glance during the year 2006:

• Approximately 3.55 persons were killed each day.
• One person was killed every 6.76 hours.
• There were 187.75 persons injured every day.
• One person injured every 7.67 minutes.
• Drinking drivers were involved in 5.49% of all crashes.
• Drinking drivers were involved in 23.73% of all fatalities.
• Over 78.90% of all drinking drivers involved in crashes were males.
• Rural crashes accounted for 17.33% of all crashes and over 53.70% of all fatal crashes.
• 71.9% of all crashes occurred during the daylight hours between 6:00 am & 6:00 pm.
• Motor vehicle crashes resulted in $3.67 billion in economic loss to Arizona.
• Motor vehicle crashes killed 56 children and injured 5,638 children, age 14 and younger.

Source: AZ Department of Transportation