SC drops in DUI Fatalities

The Palmetto State recently received some good news from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration with regard to alcohol-impaired driving fatalities. South Carolina has dropped from being tied for number one in the country for the percentage of overall fatalities that involved an alcohol-impaired driver in 2010 to number seven in 2011.  That is a decrease from 44% in 2010 to 38% in 2011. The South Carolina Department of Public Safety expressed pride in the decline, however expressed concern about overall fatalities and the recent rise. Coming out of summer, South Carolina had consistently trailed behind last year in fatalities, as many as 45 deaths below last year at one point. However, in November, that number began climbing and now fatality numbers are one ahead of last year at this time with 827.