Keeping a Safe Bar Environment on Busy Holidays

The St. Patrick’s Day drinking statistics are sobering. Over the St. Patrick’s Day weekend in 2019, 63 percent of car-related fatalities involved drunk drivers, and in 2018, 33 percent of pedestrians killed in car crashes over the holiday were intoxicated with a BAC over 0.08. Spirit sales are 153 percent higher than usual over the holiday weekend, and it’s the number one beer drinking holiday. 

Though businesses in the hospitality industry provide a fun and relaxed atmosphere for clientele to briefly escape their everyday routines, it’s also their responsibility to keep their patrons safe. Excessive drinking can lead to verbal altercations on-site, physical harm to oneself and others, and widespread issues once a patron has left an establishment. 

Society Insurance, which provides coverage to the hospitality industry, has put together four tips on how restaurants and bars can help create a safer environment on St. Patrick’s Day  and year-round.

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