Table 21: Motorists involved in injury road accidents, breath tested and breath test results, by time of day. Years: 2014-18 and 2017-21 averages, 2017 to 2021

Table 21: Motorists involved in injury road accidents, breath tested and breath test results, by time of day. Years: 2014-18 and 2017-21 averages, 2017 to 2021

Motorists involved in injury road accidents, breath tested and breath test results, by time of day. Years: 2014-18 and 2017-21 averages, 2017 to 2021.
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 2014-18 average 348 196 1,598 1,930 2,616 3,505 1,958 812 12,962
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 271 133 1,157 1,389 2,011 2,617 1,378 620 9,578
2020 130 118 612 829 1,373 1,629 930 425 6,046
2021 145 88 586 931 1,345 1,765 942 406 6,213
2017 to 2021 average 223 133 1,013 1,310 1,872 2,443 1,335 572 8,902
Breath tests requested 2014-18 average 213 115 908 1,088 1,452 1,907 1,122 481 7,286
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 158 77 617 712 1,039 1,336 694 300 4,935
2020 77 63 318 411 709 816 506 242 3,142
2021 67 43 305 494 641 859 459 205 3,076
2017 to 2021 average 128 75 559 690 982 1,266 722 317 4,741
Positive/refused 2014-18 average 45 24 15 12 14 29 34 41 214
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
2021 16 8 14 6 11 17 14 21 107
2014-18 average 26 15 12 8 12 23 26 32 155
(b) Percentages
Breath test requested as % involved 2014-18 average 61.2 58.4 56.8 56.4 55.5 54.4 57.3 59.3 56.2
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 58.3 57.9 53.3 51.3 51.7 51.1 50.4 48.4 51.5
2020 59.2 53.4 52.0 49.6 51.6 50.1 54.4 56.9 52.0
2021 46.2 48.9 52.0 53.1 47.7 48.7 48.7 50.5 49.5
2017 to 2021 average 57.6 56.7 55.2 52.7 52.5 51.8 54.1 55.4 53.3
Positive/refused as % involved 2014-18 average 13.0 12.1 1.0 0.6 0.5 0.8 1.7 5.0 1.6
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 11.3 1.2 0.5 0.6 0.8 2.1 4.7 1.8
2020 15.4 6.8 1.5 0.7 0.7 1.5 2.7 7.3 2.2
2021 11.0 9.1 2.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.5 5.2 1.7
2017 to 2021 average 11.9 11.0 1.2 0.6 0.7 0.9 2.0 5.6 1.7
Positive/refused as % breath test requested 2014-18 average 21.2 20.8 1.7 1.1 1.0 1.5 3.0 8.5 2.9
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 24.7 19.5 2.3 1.0 1.3 1.6 4.2 9.7 3.4
2020 26.0 12.7 2.8 1.5 1.4 2.9 4.9 12.8 4.2
2021 23.9 18.6 4.6 1.2 1.7 2.0 3.1 10.2 3.5
2017 to 2021 average 20.6 19.4 2.2 1.2 1.2 1.8 3.7 10.2 3.3

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