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Abstract: 

An important milestone in the impaired driving field was reached this year as SADD, an organization critical in the struggle to reduce impaired driving, turned 25. SADD was founded as Students Against Driving Drunk in 1981 in Wayland, MA. Two high school hockey players had been killed days apart in alcohol- related crashes, and a group of students, organized by the school’s hockey coach, came together to try and reduce impaired driving among teens, the leading cause of death at that time. The organization quickly took off nationally, establishing chapters across many states, and became the leading peer-to-peer prevention education program in the United States. Over the 25 years since SADD’s founding, impaired driving deaths among teens have declined by a remarkable 60%. This article looks at SADD and how it has and will change.

Keywords: NHTSA;

Affiliations:  1: Director of Field Services for SADD, Inc..