RoSPA Drinking and Driving Policy Paper 2007
RoSPA Drinking and Driving Policy Paper 2007
RoSPA Drinking and Driving Policy Paper 2007
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The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents<br />
<strong>Drinking</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Driving</strong> <strong>Policy</strong> <strong>Paper</strong><br />
Updated May <strong>2007</strong><br />
Despite the fact that there are fewer road accidents on Saturday <strong>and</strong> Sunday than on<br />
weekdays, more people fail breath tests at the weekend than during the week.<br />
Table 6: Accidents <strong>and</strong> breath tests by day of week. 2003<br />
Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat Sun<br />
Motor vehicles<br />
in accidents<br />
49,217 51,334 53,53<br />
9<br />
52,46<br />
3<br />
57,84<br />
2<br />
46,42<br />
5<br />
37,95<br />
3<br />
Drivers or riders<br />
breath tested<br />
25,497 26,570 27,46<br />
3<br />
27,38<br />
5<br />
30,44<br />
1<br />
24,91<br />
5<br />
20,76<br />
8<br />
No Failed 704 659 665 754 1,108 1,632 1,593<br />
% Failed 2.8 2.5 2.4 2.7 3.6 6.5 7.6<br />
Not surprisingly, more people fail breath tests during the night time hours than the<br />
daytime. Around half of the drivers killed between 10pm <strong>and</strong> 4am are over the limit.<br />
Table 7: Breath tests failed by hour of day, GB, 2005<br />
Hour beginning No. of Failed<br />
Breath<br />
Tests<br />
Midnight 608<br />
1:00 490<br />
2:00 501<br />
3:00 334<br />
4:00 163<br />
5:00 113<br />
6:00 91<br />
7:00 122<br />
8:00 141<br />
9:00 97<br />
10:00 97<br />
11:00 93<br />
12:00 109<br />
13:00 102<br />
14:00 138<br />
15:00 210<br />
16:00 287<br />
17:00 344<br />
18:00 401<br />
19:00 452<br />
20:00 436<br />
21:00 478<br />
22:00 538<br />
23:00 770<br />
7
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