Driving Under Influence: Death Chris Ruane To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many young people who died as a result of road traffic accidents were (a) under the influence of alcohol and (b) under the influence of drugs in each of the past 10 years. Jim Fitzpatrick The percentage of drivers and riders killed over the legal blood alcohol limit by age group for Great Britain from 1997 to 2006 is shown in the table. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Age | |Age | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |16-19|20-29|30-39|40+|All Ages|16-19|20-29|30-39|40+|All Ages|All| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1997 |10 |14 |16 |7 |13 |25|23|26|12|19|17| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1998 |15 |7 |18 |6 |11 |17|25|24|9|17|15| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1999 |23 |8 |12 |2 |9 |22|31|31|7|20|17| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2000 |17 |10 |13 |5 |10 |20|32|34|12|22|18| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2001 |11 |14 |12 |1 |10 |18|35|25|14|22|18| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2002 |27 |15 |10 |2 |11 |18|31|37|14|19|19| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2003 |10 |20 |12 |8 |13 |18|33|28|12|19|19| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2004 |19 |19 |13 |10 |14 |26|31|32|16|25|21| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2005 |26 |11 |13 |11 |13 |25|33|33|13|24|20| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |20061 |142 |103 |11 |25 |33 |24|19|25|20| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 Provisional data. The sample size for 2006 is not yet sufficient to give a full age breakdown.2 Age groups 16-29.3 Age groups 30+.| | | | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This table can also be found on the Department’s website at the following address: http://www.dft.gov.uk/172974/173025/221412/221549/227755/285672/Article3DrinkDrivetab1.xls Information on whether or not drivers involved in accidents failed a drugs test is not collected by the Department.