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Table 20

Drivers Breath Tested

Motorists involved in accidents, breath tested and breath test results, by day and time, 1998-2002 average

Time

Monday- Thursday (average per day)

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Total (1)

(a) Numbers

Motorists involved

00-03

63

83

234

268

838

03-06

42

56

109

114

447

06-09

508

493

186

106

2,816

09-12

548

543

499

283

3,516

12-15

637

796

845

686

4,875

15-18

941

1,180

755

681

6,381

18-21

552

679

542

449

3,878

21-24

241

366

308

228

1,867

Total

3,532

4,197

3,478

2,815

24,617

Breath test requested

00-03

42

58

157

190

574

03-06

27

36

74

74

290

06-09

331

308

129

73

1,835

09-12

350

328

330

184

2,242

12-15

401

506

557

466

3,131

15-18

606

769

496

462

4,153

18-21

366

460

369

312

2,605

21-24

166

256

206

159

1,285

Total

2,288

2,721

2,319

1,921

16,115

Positive/refused

00-03

10

14

37

40

131

03-06

4

8

21

24

69

06-09

2

5

9

7

29

09-12

2

4

6

5

24

12-15

3

4

7

4

26

15-18

7

10

11

9

58

18-21

9

16

19

14

84

21-24

10

22

24

15

100

Total

46

83

134

119

521

(b) Percentages

Breath test requested
as a percentage of
motorists involved

00-03

67.0

70.2

67.0

70.8

68.5

03-06

63.2

63.3

68.1

64.9

64.9

06-09

65.2

62.5

69.5

69.5

65.1

09-12

63.9

60.3

66.2

65.2

63.8

12-15

62.9

63.5

65.9

67.9

64.2

15-18

64.4

65.2

65.7

67.9

65.1

18-21

66.3

67.8

68.0

69.4

67.2

21-24

68.8

70.1

67.1

69.4

68.8

Total

64.8

64.8

66.7

68.2

65.5

Positive/refused
as a percentage of
motorists involved

00-03

15.8

16.9

15.8

14.9

15.6

03-06

9.2

14.2

19.6

21.4

15.5

06-09

0.4

1.0

4.7

6.4

1.0

09-12

0.4

0.7

1.2

1.7

0.7

12-15

0.4

0.5

0.8

0.6

0.5

15-18

0.7

0.9

1.5

1.4

0.9

18-21

1.6

2.3

3.6

3.1

2.2

21-24

4.1

6.1

7.7

6.7

5.4

Total

1.3

2.0

3.9

4.2

2.1

Positive/refused as a
percentage of those where
breath test requested

00-03

23.5

24.1

23.6

21.0

22.8

03-06

14.5

22.5

28.8

33.0

23.9

06-09

0.6

1.6

6.8

9.3

1.6

09-12

0.7

1.2

1.8

2.6

1.1

12-15

0.7

0.7

1.3

0.9

0.8

15-18

1.1

1.4

2.2

2.0

1.4

18-21

2.4

3.4

5.3

4.5

3.2

21-24

5.9

8.7

11.4

9.6

7.8

Total

2.0

3.0

5.8

6.2

3.2

(1) Includes four times the daily average for Monday - Thursday.

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