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Forskningsområde - VTI

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On average, about five cases of suspected drink driving have been detected per 1,000breathalyser tests made at short intervals, which could be an indication of the scope ofdrink driving. However, there are large variations between the studied counties.More than 30% of the alcohol related accidents in Sweden occur during theevening/night (1800–0600 hours) on Saturdays and Sundays. During this time, thepolice in the five studied counties perform about 10% of the breathalyser tests. Takenover the week as a whole, more than 60% of personal injury accidents involving a driversuspected of being influenced by alcohol occur during the evening/night. A comparisonshows that the times during the week and the day when breathalyser tests are oftenperformed are completely different from the times when the alcohol related accidentsoccur.8 <strong>VTI</strong> notat 34-2006

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