SCT09170291561-32

Table 21: Drink Drive
Motorists involved in injury road accidents, breath tested and breath test results, by time of day
Years: 2004-08 and 2012-16 averages, 2012 to 2016
Time of day
Year 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 2,520 2,996 4,125 5,400 3,201 1,598 20,985
2012 467 294 2,025 2,190 3,242 4,047 2,257 1,067 15,589
2013 400 233 1,793 2,233 2,965 3,812 2,128 834 14,398
2014 424 241 1,805 2,078 2,826 3,926 2,205 859 14,364
2015 413 205 1,601 2,087 2,807 3,752 2,087 892 13,844
2016 334 210 1,874 2,087 2,821 3,644 2,075 902 13,947
2012 to 2016 average 408 237 1,820 2,135 2,932 3,836 2,150 911 14,428
Breath tests requested 2004-08 average 490 248 1,496 1,769 2,401 3,179 1,959 1,020 12,563
2012 294 186 1,214 1,307 1,827 2,426 1,371 705 9,330
2013 261 149 1,072 1,316 1,726 2,300 1,312 537 8,673
2014 269 147 1,073 1,258 1,629 2,260 1,298 527 8,461
2015 251 113 907 1,196 1,591 2,097 1,222 554 7,931
2016 205 119 1,004 1,154 1,523 1,856 1,141 488 7,490
2012 to 2016 average 256 143 1,054 1,246 1,659 2,188 1,269 562 8,377
Positive/refused 2004-08 average 118 63 33 26 30 47 66 91 474
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
2013 53 27 17 11 16 20 34 34 212
2014 55 33 16 11 14 27 26 41 223
2015 61 19 18 15 10 25 34 44 226
2016 53 25 19 11 19 40 45 40 252
2012 to 2016 average 60 27 17 12 15 28 37 43 240
(b) Percentages
Breath test requested as percent of motorists involved 2004-08 average 65.0 63.5 59.4 59.0 58.2 58.9 61.2 63.8 59.9
2012 63.0 63.3 60.0 59.7 56.4 59.9 60.7 66.1 59.8
2013 65.3 63.9 59.8 58.9 58.2 60.3 61.7 64.4 60.2
2014 63.4 61.0 59.4 60.5 57.6 57.6 58.9 61.4 58.9
2015 60.8 55.1 56.7 57.3 56.7 55.9 58.6 62.1 57.3
2016 61.4 56.7 53.6 55.3 54.0 50.9 55.0 54.1 53.7
2012 to 2016 average 62.8 60.4 57.9 58.4 56.6 57.0 59.0 61.7 58.1
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
2012 16.9 10.2 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.7 2.1 5.2 1.8
2013 13.3 11.6 0.9 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.6 4.1 1.5
2014 13.0 13.7 0.9 0.5 0.5 0.7 1.2 4.8 1.6
2015 14.8 9.3 1.1 0.7 0.4 0.7 1.6 4.9 1.6
2016 15.9 11.9 1.0 0.5 0.7 1.1 2.2 4.4 1.8
2012 to 2016 average 14.8 11.3 0.9 0.6 0.5 0.7 1.7 4.7 1.7
Positive/refused as percent 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
2012 26.9 16.1 1.3 1.0 0.9 1.2 3.4 7.8 3.1
2013 20.3 18.1 1.6 0.8 0.9 0.9 2.6 6.3 2.4
2014 20.4 22.4 1.5 0.9 0.9 1.2 2.0 7.8 2.6
2015 24.3 16.8 2.0 1.3 0.6 1.2 2.8 7.9 2.8
2016 25.9 21.0 1.9 1.0 1.2 2.2 3.9 8.2 3.4
2012 to 2016 average 23.5 18.8 1.6 1.0 0.9 1.3 2.9 7.6 2.9

Table 21: Motorists involved in reported injury road accidents with positive or refused breath test
Years: 2005 to 2016

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

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

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

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