Bull Attorneys law team of Wichita drunk driver accident attorneys have helped thousands of Wichita citizens and Kansans recover money for car accidents caused by drunk drivers who were over the legal limit in Kansas of .08. We are experienced drunk driving injury attorneys who help drunk driver victims in Wichita and across Kansas.

When a drunk person gets in their car in Wichita, Kansas after consuming alcohol they should not get behind the wheel of their car. They cause catastrophic car accidents that often result in car accidents, motorcycle accidents and injury accidents to pedestrians and bicyclists.

In 2021 there were 2,158 alcohol related motor vehicle collisions in Kansas. 86 people were killed by drunk drivers and one drunk driving crash occurs about every 4.06 hours 1,194 people were injured by drivers who were under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

Drunk drivers in Wichita and Kansas who are under 21 and test positive for alcohol at .02 or above will automatically lose their driving privileges for 30 days and then have restricted drivers licenses for the remainder of the year. The Kansas Highway Patrol informs Kansas residents that losing a life due to impaired driving is a preventable accident and encourages alal drivers who are consuming alcohol to designate a sober driver and take a taxi, safe rider, or Uber home rather than risking the lives of others.

Drunk driving is now so rampant that the CDC tells us that drunk drivers kill one person every 45 minutes which means nationwide drunk drivers kill 32 people per day.

Our drunk driving accident attorneys can help drunk driving victims recover money and compensation for all financial losses caused by a drunk driver to get pain and suffering, medical bills, wage loss, mental anguish, money for future medical care and when a death arises our drunk driving lawyers will pursue a wrongful death claim for the victim's family.

Our drunk driving personal injury attorneys have helped thousands of Kansans get great results since 1983. We know that if we can prove the driver was intoxicated, we can usually add a claim for punitive damages to punish the driver for their intentional and reckless conduct. Car insurance companies in Wichita will often pay in their full policy limits of liability insurance to the injury victim to get the drunk driver out of a punitive damage claim.

Drunk driving is a severe problem. It is not a minor issue we can ignore. It is so serious that in 2016, 28% of all traffic-related deaths in the United States were due to this one cause. That is more than one in every four people.

Drunk driving is a dangerous activity that can lead to grave consequences. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has discovered a clear connection between the amount of alcohol in a person's blood, also known as Blood Alcohol Content (BAC), and the risk of being involved in a deadly accident.

The higher the BAC goes above the legal limit of .08 percent, the higher the chance of being in a harmful car crash. Looking at data from 2015, the NHTSA found something really upsetting. In 63% of accidents involving drunk driving, the driver's BAC was over the legal limit. That is almost two out of every three drunk driving accidents. This shows just how serious it is to make sure people do not drink and drive.

Alcohol impairs drivers and causes accidents for all the following reasons:

• It slows driver perception and reaction time which makes the driver unsafe to be on the road.
• It causes the drivers to weave back and forth where they go across the center line causing crossover accidents.
• Drivers approaching a person, child or bicycle on the road do not have the skills and coordination to avoid hitting the pedestrian.
• Alcohol tends to make drivers more aggressive and drive faster which causes more accidents.

The Increased Risk of Night-time Drunk Driving

In Wichita, many drunk drivers start drinking in the afternoon at local bars across the city and when they leave late in the day after it is dark, they have even less ability to safely drive a motor vehicle or truck.

Statistics on drunk driving between 2006 and 2016 found out that driving while drunk at night is 3.5 times more likely to end in a fatal accident. This night time driving by alcohol impaired drivers makes it clear that your chances of being injured due to an intoxicated driver rise greatly after dark and you can have a really serious car crash.

Here is what we found when we looked closer at this:

• 27% of these deaths involved motorcycle riders who had a BAC of .08 percent or higher.
• 21% were from drunk drivers driving pickups who were over the .08 percent limit.
• 20% were from drunk drivers in SUVs who were also over this limit.
• 10% were from drivers of vans, who were over the .08 percent limit.

These statistics paint a clear picture. Drinking and driving is dangerous at any time, but it is even more dangerous at night. Parents need to inform teenagers about protecting themselves from intoxicated drivers to teach younger drivers how to observe other drivers to see if driving safely or erratically and to stay away from erratic drunk drivers in Wichita. They need to understand the risk of contact with an intoxicated driver rises at night.