Driving under Influence
(asked on 3rd June 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many deaths were caused by drink driving in each region and constituent part of the UK in each of the last five years.
There were 1,330 fatalities over 2009 to 2013 in reported road accidents in Great Britain, in which at least one driver was over the drink drive limit. The Department does not collect this information for Northern Ireland therefore an overall figure for the United Kingdom is not available.
The estimated number of fatalities in reported drink drive accidents by Great Britain region for the years 2009 – 2013 are shown in the following table:
| 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
North East | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
North West | 40 | 30 | 30 | 20 | 30 |
Yorkshire & the Humber | 30 | 20 | 20 | 30 | 30 |
East Midlands | 40 | 30 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
West Midlands | 50 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 20 |
East | 30 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 30 |
South East | 50 | 50 | 40 | 30 | 30 |
London | 20 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
South West | 50 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 |
England | 320 | 200 | 200 | 210 | 210 |
Wales | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
Scotland | 30 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 20 |
Total | 380 | 240 | 240 | 230 | 240 |
The figures include an estimate for drivers with an unknown blood alcohol content. The statistics are rounded to nearest ten to reflect this uncertainty. Totals may not sum due to rounding.
Figures for 2014 are to be published at the beginning of August 2016.