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17.
Mr. Peter Bottomley
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will estimate the overall reduction since 1967 in the number of deaths in road crashes when at least one driver or rider was above the legal alcohol limit; and if he will publish the figures for each year.
Mr. Chope
Figures for each year since 1979 are as follows:
| Year | Number |
| 1979 | 1,790 |
| 1980 | 1,570 |
| 1981 | 1,540 |
| 1982 | 1,670 |
| 1983 | 1,200 |
| 1984 | 1,280 |
| 1985 | 1,130 |
| 1986 | 1,060 |
| 1987 | 980 |
| 1988 | 840 |
| 1989 | 870 |
| 1990 | 800 |