Where Does Fort Worth Rank for Drunk Driving Fatalities?
Patterson Law Group just completed a new analysis of federal crash data, which reveals that Texas has more cities in the nation’s Top 100 for drunk driving fatality rates than any other state. Of the 100 U.S. cities with the highest per capita rates of fatal crashes involving alcohol-impaired drivers, 22 are in Texas – and four of those rank in the Top 10 nationally.

The study examines five years of data (2019-2023) from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), ranking the 300 largest U.S. cities by the rate of drivers in fatal crashes with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.08 or higher per 100,000 residents.
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“When nearly 1/3 of the nation’s worst cities for drunk driving deaths are in Texas, we can’t treat this as someone else’s problem. This data should be a wake-up call for every community in our state – and for the policymakers, law enforcement leaders, and families who can help change it.” – Travis Patterson
The full report (linked below) includes a national ranking of cities by drunk driving fatality rate, a spotlight on Texas and regional trends, heat map and data visualizations, and analysis of crashes involving higher BAC levels (0.15+).
| Top 100 U.S. Cities with the Highest Rate of Drunk Driving Fatalities |


