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Table 20: Drivers Breath Tested

Motorists involved in accidents, breath tested and breath test results, by day and time, 2000-2004 average

Time

Monday- Thursday (average per day)

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Total(1)

(a) Numbers

Motorists involved

00-03

64

74

235

249

813

03-06

36

52

107

118

422

06-09

478

454

158

104

2,629

09-12

528

511

473

280

3,375

12-15

617

770

807

629

4,674

15-18

900

1,087

711

628

6,026

18-21

515

640

520

424

3,643

21-24

233

332

297

225

1,786

Total

3,370

3,921

3,307

2,657

23,367

Breath test requested

00-03

43

47

150

174

543

03-06

22

33

71

72

264

06-09

299

273

106

64

1,641

09-12

322

304

304

183

2,078

12-15

371

470

504

417

2,873

15-18

555

668

452

409

3,751

18-21

325

412

336

277

2,325

21-24

155

228

191

153

1,190

Total

2,092

2,436

2,113

1,749

14,665

Positive/refused

00-03

10

10

38

38

126

03-06

3

8

23

27

71

06-09

2

4

9

6

29

09-12

2

3

6

5

23

12-15

2

2

6

5

23

15-18

7

9

10

8

54

18-21

8

15

18

15

81

21-24

9

23

23

16

97

Total

45

74

133

120

505

(b) Percentages

Breath test requested as a percentage of motorists involved

00-03

67.3

63.7

64.1

69.7

66.8

03-06

60.9

62.6

65.9

61.4

62.5

06-09

62.6

60.2

66.8

61.7

62.4

09-12

61.0

59.4

64.2

65.4

61.6

12-15

60.0

61.1

62.5

66.3

61.5

15-18

61.7

61.5

63.6

65.1

62.2

18-21

63.1

64.4

64.6

65.3

63.8

21-24

66.4

68.5

64.1

68.0

66.6

Total

62.1

62.1

63.9

65.8

62.8

Positive/refused as a percentage of motorists involved

00-03

16.0

13.7

16.0

15.1

15.5

03-06

9.5

15.6

21.0

22.5

16.8

06-09

0.5

0.8

5.9

5.6

1.1

09-12

0.4

0.6

1.2

1.9

0.7

12-15

0.4

0.3

0.8

0.8

0.5

15-18

0.8

0.8

1.4

1.2

0.9

18-21

1.6

2.4

3.5

3.5

2.2

21-24

3.8

6.9

7.7

7.2

5.4

Total

1.3

1.9

4.0

4.5

2.2

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

00-03

23.8

21.5

25.0

21.6

23.2

03-06

15.5

25.0

31.9

36.7

26.9

06-09

0.8

1.4

8.9

9.0

1.8

09-12

0.7

1.0

1.8

3.0

1.1

12-15

0.6

0.5

1.2

1.2

0.8

15-18

1.2

1.3

2.3

1.9

1.5

18-21

2.5

3.7

5.5

5.4

3.5

21-24

5.7

10.0

12.1

10.6

8.2

Total

2.1

3.0

6.3

6.8

3.4

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

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