Photos: Ten Colorado Counties With the Drunkest Drunk Drivers

The website NoDUIColorado.org is out with its latest statistics about driving under the influence in the state. Included is data featuring the average blood alcohol content of DUI arrestees in every Colorado county, and the numbers in the top ten are all more than twice as high as the legal...
By Michael RobertsSeptember 19, 2014
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The website NoDUIColorado.org is out with its latest statistics about driving under the influence in the state. Included is data featuring the average blood alcohol content of DUI arrestees in every Colorado county, and the numbers in the top ten are all more than twice as high as the legal limit — figures that are truly disturbing.

See photo-illustrated listings for each of the ten counties with the drunkest drunk drivers, featuring NoDUIColorado.org graphics. Note that when multiple counties registered the same average, we used the number of DUI busts as a tiebreaker.

See also: Marijuana: At least 75 Percent of DUIs in One Colorado City Involve Alcohol, Not Pot

Number 10: Arapahoe County

Number 9: Dolores County
Continue to keep counting down the ten Colorado counties with the drunkest drunk drivers.

Number 8:

Number 7: Denver County
Continue to keep counting down the ten Colorado counties with the drunkest drunk drivers.

Number 6: Teller County

Number 5: El Paso County
Continue to keep counting down the ten Colorado counties with the drunkest drunk drivers.

Number 4: Gilpin County

Number 3: Pueblo County
Continue to keep counting down the ten Colorado counties with the drunkest drunk drivers.

Number 2: Jefferson County

Number 1: Mesa County

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Michael Roberts began his career with Westword in 1990 as music editor. In 1999, he took on a new role, full-time media reporter, as author of a column called The Message. In 2008, he became the lead writer for Westword‘s news blog, The Latest Word, a position he held until January 2023. Michael continues to freelance for Westword, covering everything from business to sports and the media; he also contributes to Jazziz, a national music magazine. He holds a bachelor’s degree from what is now Colorado Mesa University and master’s degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles, and Northwestern University.

michaelrobertscolo@gmail.com

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