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Table 21
Table 21
Motorists involved in injury road accidents, breath tested and breath test results, by time of day, Years: 2004-08 and 2016-20 averages, 2016 to 2020
(a) Numbers
Motorists involved
Year
Time of day
Total
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
2004-08 average
754
391
2,520
2,996
4,125
5,400
3,201
1,598
20,985
2016
336
210
1,873
2,085
2,819
3,645
2,070
900
13,938
2017
303
160
1,423
1,837
2,386
3,244
1,819
749
11,921
2018
264
166
1,288
1,566
2,244
2,958
1,605
660
10,751
2019
271
134
1,158
1,394
2,029
2,629
1,380
626
9,621
2020
127
118
612
828
1,367
1,627
925
424
6,028
2016 to 2020 average
260
158
1,271
1,542
2,169
2,821
1,560
672
10,452
Breath tests requested
Year
Time of day
Total
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
2004-08 average
490
248
1,496
1,769
2,401
3,179
1,959
1,020
12,563
2016
205
119
1,003
1,152
1,522
1,857
1,137
486
7,481
2017
184
102
830
967
1,285
1,760
1,059
435
6,622
2018
155
92
726
867
1,235
1,561
893
402
5,931
2019
159
77
618
714
1,050
1,338
695
301
4,952
2020
77
63
318
409
710
813
505
242
3,137
2016 to 2020 average
156
91
699
822
1,160
1,466
858
373
5,625
Positive/refused
Year
Time of day
Total
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
2004-08 average
118
63
33
26
30
47
66
91
474
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
39
251
2017
29
20
13
10
9
27
36
47
191
2018
28
22
11
11
18
26
28
33
177
2019
39
15
14
7
13
22
29
29
168
2020
20
8
9
6
10
24
25
31
133
2016 to 2020 average
34
18
13
9
14
28
33
36
184
(b) Percentages
Breath test requested as percent of motorists involved
Year
Time of day
Total
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
2004-08 average
65.0
63.5
59.4
59.0
58.2
58.9
61.2
63.8
59.9
2016
61.0
56.7
53.6
55.3
54.0
50.9
54.9
54.0
53.7
2017
60.7
63.8
58.3
52.6
53.9
54.3
58.2
58.1
55.5
2018
58.7
55.4
56.4
55.4
55.0
52.8
55.6
60.9
55.2
2019
58.7
57.5
53.4
51.2
51.7
50.9
50.4
48.1
51.5
2020
60.6
53.4
52.0
49.4
51.9
50.0
54.6
57.1
52.0
2016 to 2020 average
60.0
57.5
55.0
53.3
53.5
52.0
55.0
55.6
53.8
Positive/refused as percent of motorists involved
Year
Time of day
Total
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
2004-08 average
15.6
16.2
1.3
0.9
0.7
0.9
2.1
5.7
2.3
2016
15.8
11.9
1.0
0.5
0.7
1.1
2.2
4.3
1.8
2017
9.6
12.5
0.9
0.5
0.4
0.8
2.0
6.3
1.6
2018
10.6
13.3
0.9
0.7
0.8
0.9
1.7
5.0
1.6
2019
14.4
11.2
1.2
0.5
0.6
0.8
2.1
4.6
1.7
2020
15.7
6.8
1.5
0.7
0.7
1.5
2.7
7.3
2.2
2016 to 2020 average
13.0
11.4
1.0
0.6
0.6
1.0
2.1
5.3
1.8
Positive/refused as percent of those where breath test requested
Year
Time of day
Total
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
2004-08 average
24.0
25.5
2.2
1.5
1.2
1.5
3.4
8.9
3.8
2016
25.9
21.0
1.9
1.0
1.2
2.2
4.0
8.0
3.4
2017
15.8
19.6
1.6
1.0
0.7
1.5
3.4
10.8
2.9
2018
18.1
23.9
1.5
1.3
1.5
1.7
3.1
8.2
3.0
2019
24.5
19.5
2.3
1.0
1.2
1.6
4.2
9.6
3.4
2020
26.0
12.7
2.8
1.5
1.4
3.0
5.0
12.8
4.2
2016 to 2020 average
21.7
19.9
1.9
1.1
1.2
1.9
3.8
9.6
3.3
Motorists involved in reported injury road accidents with positive or refused breath test
Years: 2009 to 2020
(a) Late afternoon/evening to night time (3pm-3am)(b) Early morning to early afternoon (3am-3pm)
