The Scottish Government

Table 19

Drivers Breath Tested

Year

Northern

Grampian

Tayside

Fife

Lothian & Borders

Central

Strathclyde

Dumfries & Galloway

Scotland

(a) Numbers

Motorists involved

1994-98 average

1,328

2,329

2,085

1,272

5,344

1,239

11,894

685

26,176

1998

1,459

2,214

2,018

1,213

5,644

1,264

12,057

724

26,593

1999

1,377

1,941

1,994

1,174

5,137

1,202

11,323

599

24,747

2000

1,243

1,959

1,893

1,337

5,231

1,085

11,173

693

24,614

2001

1,254

1,859

2,001

1,205

5,089

1,036

10,764

690

23,898

2002

1,134

1,828

1,861

1,285

4,834

1,217

10,402

670

23,231

1998-2002 average

1,293

1,960

1,953

1,243

5,187

1,161

11,144

675

24,617

Breath test requested

1994-98 average

1,017

1,749

1,689

966

3,249

757

7,859

516

17,802

1998

1,100

1,623

1,688

915

3,578

738

7,940

553

18,135

1999

1,052

1,433

1,651

884

3,200

684

7,273

457

16,634

2000

866

1,433

1,678

933

3,166

581

6,817

503

15,977

2001

867

1,306

1,702

844

3,115

542

6,334

489

15,199

2002

846

1,251

1,536

892

3,053

559

6,020

471

14,628

1998-2002 average

946

1,409

1,651

894

3,222

621

6,877

495

16,115

Positive/ refused

1994-98 average

62

65

45

26

81

29

238

21

566

1998

56

63

50

26

80

25

219

29

548

1999

69

54

54

23

75

14

209

14

512

2000

50

55

45

21

90

30

208

30

529

2001

39

51

33

33

81

29

213

29

508

2002

36

58

53

25

80

28

204

22

506

1998-2002 average

50

56

47

26

81

25

211

25

521

(b) Percentages

Breath test requested as percent of motorists involved

1994-98 average

76.5

75.1

81.0

76.0

60.8

61.1

66.1

75.3

68.0

1998

75.4

73.3

83.6

75.4

63.4

58.4

65.9

76.4

68.2

1999

76.4

73.8

82.8

75.3

62.3

56.9

64.2

76.3

67.2

2000

69.7

73.1

88.6

69.8

60.5

53.5

61.0

72.6

64.9

2001

69.1

70.3

85.1

70.0

61.2

52.3

58.8

70.9

63.6

2002

74.6

68.4

82.5

69.4

63.2

45.9

57.9

70.3

63.0

1998-2002 average

73.2

71.9

84.5

71.9

62.1

53.5

61.7

73.3

65.5

Positive/refused as percent of motorists involved

1994-98 average

4.6

2.8

2.1

2.1

1.5

2.3

2.0

3.1

2.2

1998

3.8

2.8

2.5

2.1

1.4

2.0

1.8

4.0

2.1

1999

5.0

2.8

2.7

2.0

1.5

1.2

1.8

2.3

2.1

2000

4.0

2.8

2.4

1.6

1.7

2.8

1.9

4.3

2.1

2001

3.1

2.7

1.6

2.7

1.6

2.8

2.0

4.2

2.1

2002

3.2

3.2

2.8

1.9

1.7

2.3

2.0

3.3

2.2

1998-2002 average

3.9

2.9

2.4

2.1

1.6

2.2

1.9

3.7

2.1

Positive/refused as percent of those where breath test requested

1994-98 average

6.1

3.7

2.7

2.7

2.5

3.8

3.0

4.1

3.2

1998

5.1

3.9

3.0

2.8

2.2

3.4

2.8

5.2

3.0

1999

6.6

3.8

3.3

2.6

2.3

2.0

2.9

3.1

3.1

2000

5.8

3.8

2.7

2.3

2.8

5.2

3.1

6.0

3.3

2001

4.5

3.9

1.9

3.9

2.6

5.4

3.4

5.9

3.3

2002

4.3

4.6

3.5

2.8

2.6

5.0

3.4

4.7

3.5

1998-2002 average

5.3

4.0

2.8

2.9

2.5

4.1

3.1

5.0

3.2