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Drink Driving

Volume 453: debated on Thursday 23 November 2006

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many (a) drivers and (b) others were killed in crashes involving drivers who had exceeded the alcohol limit in each of the last five years. (100964)

The following table shows the estimated number of fatal casualties in road accidents where at least one of the drivers or riders involved was over the legal limit:

Car drivers

Other road users (including pedestrians)

2000

400

130

2001

400

140

2002

420

130

2003

430

150

2004

430

160

Note:

Estimated figures are rounded to the nearest 10 and therefore may not sum to previously published totals.

Final figures for 2005 are not yet available. Figures are estimated using data from the police and from coroners’ records.