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Mr. Welsh
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he will list the number of (a) deaths and (b) injuries from accidents caused by drink driving in Scotland in each year since 1990; [35671](2) if he will list the number of
(a) children and (b) adults in Scotland who have been (i) killed or (ii) injured in accidents caused by drink driving in each year since 1990. [35672]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
[holding answer 4 July 1996]: The number of reported casualties resulting from road accidents where one or more drivers failed or refused the breath test is set out in the following table. Estimates of total casualties in drink drive accidents, including those where the driver cannot be breath tested, are not available.
| Number of casualties in positive/refused breath test road accidents | ||
| Year | Fatalities | Injuries |
| Children (0–15 years) | ||
| 1990 | 1 | 49 |
| 1991 | 2 | 60 |
| 1992 | 2 | 48 |
| 1993 | 2 | 42 |
| 1994 | 0 | 45 |
| 1995 | 0 | 36 |
| Number of casualties in positive/refused breath test road accidents | ||
| Year | Fatalities | Injuries |
| Adults | ||
| 1990 | 21 | 1,049 |
| 1991 | 13 | 983 |
| 1992 | 9 | 823 |
| 1993 | 10 | 873 |
| 1994 | 8 | 765 |
| 1995 | 9 | 811 |
| All | ||
| 1990 | 22 | 1,098 |
| 1991 | 15 | 1,043 |
| 1992 | 11 | 87143 |
| 1993 | 12 | 915 |
| 1994 | 82 | 810 |
| 1995 | 9 | 847 |