The Scottish Government

Table 19
Motorists involved in accidents, breath tested and breath test results, by police force
Years: 1994-98 and 1999-2003 averages, 1999 to 2003

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

1,273

5,344

1,238

11,894

685

26,176

1999

1,377

1,941

1,994

1,174

5,137

1,202

11,323

599

24,747

2000

1,243

1,960

1,893

1,340

5,233

1,082

11,177

693

24,621

2001

1,254

1,865

2,001

1,205

5,089

1,036

10,764

690

23,904

2002

1,134

1,843

1,861

1,285

4,836

1,217

10,406

668

23,250

2003

1,243

1,764

1,700

1,194

4,508

1,244

10,191

698

22,542

1999-2003 average

1,250

1,875

1,890

1,240

4,961

1,156

10,772

670

23,813

Breath test requested

1994-98 average

1,017

1,749

1,689

967

3,249

756

7,859

516

17,802

1999

1,052

1,433

1,651

884

3,200

684

7,273

457

16,634

2000

866

1,433

1,678

934

3,168

580

6,819

503

15,981

2001

867

1,309

1,702

844

3,115

542

6,333

489

15,201

2002

846

1,263

1,536

892

3,055

559

6,024

471

14,646

2003

920

1,226

1,411

864

2,655

563

5,763

482

13,884

1999-2003 average

910

1,333

1,596

884

3,039

586

6,442

480

15,269

Positive/ refused

1994-98 average

62

65

45

26

81

29

238

21

566

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

205

22

507

2003

48

48

50

34

69

23

197

32

501

1999-2003 average

48

53

47

27

79

25

206

25

511

(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

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

69.7

60.5

53.6

61.0

72.6

64.9

2001

69.1

70.2

85.1

70.0

61.2

52.3

58.8

70.9

63.6

2002

74.6

68.5

82.5

69.4

63.2

45.9

57.9

70.5

63.0

2003

74.0

69.5

83.0

72.4

58.9

45.3

56.5

69.1

61.6

1999-2003 average

72.8

71.1

84.4

71.3

61.3

50.6

59.8

71.7

64.1

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

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

3.1

2.8

1.9

1.7

2.3

2.0

3.3

2.2

2003

3.9

2.7

2.9

2.8

1.5

1.8

1.9

4.6

2.2

1999-2003 average

3.9

2.8

2.5

2.2

1.6

2.1

1.9

3.8

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

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

2.2

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

2003

5.2

3.9

3.5

3.9

2.6

4.1

3.4

6.6

3.6

1999-2003 average

5.3

4.0

2.9

3.1

2.6

4.2

3.2

5.3

3.3