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Table 21 Motorists involved in injury road accidents, breath tested and breath test results, by time of day Years: 2004-08 and 2008-2012 averages, 2008 to 2012

	Year	Time of day
		00.00 to 02.59	03.00 to 05.59	06.00 to 08.59	09.00 to 11.59	12.00 to 14.59	15.00 to 17.59	18.00 to 20.59	21.00 to 23.59	Total
(a) Numbers
Motorists involved	2004-08 average	754	391	2,518	2,994	4,122	5,396	3,199	1,597	20,972
	2008	655	381	2,494	2,943	3,785	4,922	2,943	1,323	19,446
	2009	600	324	2,165	2,754	3,739	4,665	2,840	1,478	18,565
	2010	559	338	1,945	2,556	3,402	4,207	2,355	1,063	16,425
	2011	538	275	1,941	2,438	3,176	4,141	2,352	1,024	15,885
	2012	465	293	2,021	2,182	3,235	4,039	2,249	1,064	15,548
	2008 to 2012 average	563	322	2,113	2,575	3,467	4,395	2,548	1,190	17,174
Breath tests requested	2004-08 average	490	248	1,496	1,769	2,400	3,178	1,958	1,020	12,559
	2008	442	249	1,538	1,796	2,293	2,955	1,737	857	11,867
	2009	383	206	1,239	1,569	2,154	2,755	1,689	941	10,936
	2010	373	210	1,180	1,460	1,853	2,430	1,450	706	9,662
	2011	326	184	1,165	1,458	1,774	2,399	1,432	669	9,407
	2012	293	186	1,213	1,302	1,822	2,422	1,368	704	9,310
	2008 to 2012 average	363	207	1,267	1,517	1,979	2,592	1,535	775	10,236
Positive/refused	2004-08 average	118	63	33	26	30	47	66	91	474
	2001	133	68	33	22	18	64	71	99	508
	2002	131	75	21	23	30	54	92	83	509
	2003	128	81	29	26	20	45	78	96	503
	2004	107	67	34	27	25	48	76	102	486
	2005	115	67	33	22	27	42	60	106	472
	2006	144	72	30	20	24	59	83	76	508
	2007	115	54	28	27	43	55	57	90	469
	2008	108	57	38	36	29	32	54	80	434
	2009	97	55	27	23	27	41	70	91	431
	2010	89	54	24	18	15	43	38	66	347
	2011	76	44	26	19	18	36	44	58	321
	2012	79	30	16	13	17	30	47	55	287
	2008 to 2012 average	90	48	26	22	21	36	51	70	364
(b) Percentages
Breath test requested as percent of motorists involved	2004-08 average	65.0	63.5	59.4	59.1	58.2	58.9	61.2	63.8	59.9
	2008	67.5	65.4	61.7	61.0	60.6	60.0	59.0	64.8	61.0
	2009	63.8	63.6	57.2	57.0	57.6	59.1	59.5	63.7	58.9
	2010	66.7	62.1	60.7	57.1	54.5	57.8	61.6	66.4	58.8
	2011	60.6	66.9	60.0	59.8	55.9	57.9	60.9	65.3	59.2
	2012	63.0	63.5	60.0	59.7	56.3	60.0	60.8	66.2	59.9
	2008 to 2012 average	64.5	64.2	60.0	58.9	57.1	59.0	60.3	65.1	59.6
Positive/refused as percent of motorists involved	2004-08 average	15.6	16.2	1.3	0.9	0.7	0.9	2.1	5.7	2.3
	2008	16.5	15.0	1.5	1.2	0.8	0.7	1.8	6.0	2.2
	2009	16.2	17.0	1.2	0.8	0.7	0.9	2.5	6.2	2.3
	2010	15.9	16.0	1.2	0.7	0.4	1.0	1.6	6.2	2.1
	2011	14.1	16.0	1.3	0.8	0.6	0.9	1.9	5.7	2.0
	2012	17.0	10.2	0.8	0.6	0.5	0.7	2.1	5.2	1.8
	2008 to 2012 average	15.9	14.9	1.2	0.8	0.6	0.8	2.0	5.9	2.1
Positive/refused aspercent of those where breath test requested	2004-08 average	24.0	25.5	2.2	1.5	1.2	1.5	3.4	8.9	3.8
	2008	24.4	22.9	2.5	2.0	1.3	1.1	3.1	9.3	3.7
	2009	25.3	26.7	2.2	1.5	1.3	1.5	4.1	9.7	3.9
	2010	23.9	25.7	2.0	1.2	0.8	1.8	2.6	9.3	3.6
	2011	23.3	23.9	2.2	1.3	1.0	1.5	3.1	8.7	3.4
	2012	27.0	16.1	1.3	1.0	0.9	1.2	3.4	7.8	3.1
	2008 to 2012 average	24.7	23.2	2.1	1.4	1.1	1.4	3.3	9.0	3.6

 

Table 21

Motorists involved in reported injury road accidents with positive or refused breath test Years: 2001 to 2012

(a) Late afternoon/evening to night time (3pm-3am)

(b) Early morning to early afternoon (3am-3pm)