Mothers Against Drunk Driving recently released its 2016 Report to the Nation, an overview of legislative accomplishments that includes a rating for every state’s drunk driving reform efforts.

The report measures the progress of MADD’s Campaign to Eliminate Drunk Driving, now in its 10th year. States are awarded stars in the 5-star rating for adopting drunk driving laws and/or implementing proven countermeasures that include:

• Conducting sobriety checkpoints;

• Ignition interlocks for all drunk driving offenders;

• Creating enhanced penalties for those who drive drunk with children in the vehicle;

• Participating in “no-refusal” activities for those suspected of drunk driving; and

• Utilizing Administrative License Revocation for drunk driving offenders.

As a new feature to help states pass the most effective drunk driving laws, this year’s five categories each have two subcategories, allowing for half-star ratings for states that need to improve their existing laws. For example, all states that conduct sobriety checkpoints receive a half-star, but those that conduct them at least once a month receive a full star.

Alabama received 3.5 stars, earning a full-star rating in the categories of All-offender interlock law, and no refusal. The state earned half-stars in the categories of sobriety checkpoints, administrative license revocation and child endangerment.

The report was released on the cusp of the holiday season, which is traditionally known for a higher number of drunk driving crashes. In 2015, 973 people were killed in drunk driving crashes between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day — nearly 10 percent of all drunk driving crashes for the year. On the day before and day of Thanksgiving and Christmas, 33 to 39 percent of all traffic fatalities were caused by drunk driving.

“Releasing this report just before we begin the holiday season serves as a reminder that every state can do more to eliminate the tragedies caused by drunk driving, and every individual can do his or her part by always planning for a non-drinking driver to get them home safely,” said MADD National President Colleen Sheehey-Church.

MADD’s Report to the Nation is available at madd.org/2016campaignreport.