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 />
Age of Drink Drivers<br />
Young male drivers under 30 years involved in injury accidents have the highest<br />
incidence of failing a breath test. The proportion of drivers tested who are over the<br />
limit falls as age increases.<br />
Table 8: Percentage of Car Drivers Test Who Failed by Age, 2005<br />
Age %<br />
Failed<br />
Under 17 21.6<br />
17 – 19 5.4<br />
20 - 24 6.7<br />
25 - 29 5.8<br />
30 - 34 4.4<br />
35 - 39 4.1<br />
40 - 49 3.4<br />
50 - 59 2.4<br />
60 - 69 1.6<br />
70 <strong>and</strong> 1.1<br />
over<br />
All Ages 4.3<br />
The proportion of fatally injured drivers who were over the legal blood alcohol limit<br />
also varies by age, with drivers aged over 40 years who die on the road being less<br />
likely to have been over the legal limit.<br />
Table 9: Percentage of Fatally Injured Drivers over the legal blood alcohol limit<br />
Year 16-19 20-29 30-39 Age 40+<br />
1990 13 22 33 10<br />
1991 11 29 24 13<br />
1992 13 26 18 10<br />
1993 20 28 26 10<br />
1994 16 31 30 11<br />
1995 18 28 26 13<br />
1996 24 38 32 9<br />
1997 25 23 26 12<br />
1998 17 25 24 9<br />
1999 22 31 31 7<br />
2000 20 32 34 12<br />
2001 18 35 25 14<br />
2002 18 31 37 14<br />
2003 18 33 28 12<br />
2004 26 31 32 16<br />
2005* 18 30 34 22<br />
*Provisional data<br />
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