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Mr. Cox
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many people killed in road accidents in England and Wales during 1997, were found to be over the approved drink limit. [30573]
Ms Glenda Jackson
In 1995, the latest year for which detailed analysis of drink drive accidents is available, an estimated 280 drivers and riders of motor-vehicles who were over the legal limit for blood alcohol died in road accidents in England and Wales. It is estimated that there were 490 fatalities in England and Wales in that year in accidents involving a motor-vehicle driver or rider who was over the legal limit.