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Table 19 Motorists involved in accidents with positive or refused breath test
Years: 1994-98 average and 2005

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Table 19 Motorists involved in accidents, breath tested and breath test results, by police force
Years: 1994-98 and 2001-2005 averages, 2001 to 2005

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

2001

1,254

1,865

2,001

1,205

5,089

1,036

10,766

690

23,906

2002

1,134

1,857

1,861

1,285

4,838

1,217

10,415

668

23,275

2003

1,243

1,788

1,700

1,194

4,512

1,244

10,203

698

22,582

2004

1,192

1,762

1,723

1,243

4,659

1,085

10,155

702

22,521

2005

1,217

1,930

1,563

1,154

4,400

1,045

9,467

804

21,580

2001-2005 average

1,208

1,840

1,770

1,216

4,700

1,125

10,201

712

22,773

Breath test requested

1994-98 average

1,017

1,749

1,689

967

3,249

756

7,859

516

17,802

2001

867

1,309

1,702

844

3,115

542

6,335

489

15,203

2002

846

1,273

1,536

892

3,057

559

6,030

471

14,664

2003

920

1,241

1,411

864

2,657

563

5,771

482

13,909

2004

867

1,204

1,442

864

2,692

469

5,575

493

13,606

2005

872

1,240

1,285

782

2,614

449

4,775

544

12,561

2001-2005 average

874

1,253

1,475

849

2,827

516

5,697

496

13,989

Positive/ refused

1994-98 average

62

65

45

26

81

29

238

21

566

2001

39

51

33

33

81

29

213

29

508

2002

36

58

53

25

81

28

205

22

508

2003

48

50

50

34

69

23

197

32

503

2004

32

41

34

40

74

21

213

25

480

2005

41

37

38

30

82

20

203

16

467

2001-2005 average

39

47

42

32

77

24

206

25

493

(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

2001

69.1

70.2

85.1

70.0

61.2

52.3

58.8

70.9

63.6

2002

74.6

68.6

82.5

69.4

63.2

45.9

57.9

70.5

63.0

2003

74.0

69.4

83.0

72.4

58.9

45.3

56.6

69.1

61.6

2004

72.7

68.3

83.7

69.5

57.8

43.2

54.9

70.2

60.4

2005

71.7

64.2

82.2

67.8

59.4

43.0

50.4

67.7

58.2

2001-2005 average

72.4

68.1

83.4

69.8

60.2

45.9

55.8

69.6

61.4

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

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

2.8

2.9

2.8

1.5

1.8

1.9

4.6

2.2

2004

2.7

2.3

2.0

3.2

1.6

1.9

2.1

3.6

2.1

2005

3.4

1.9

2.4

2.6

1.9

1.9

2.1

2.0

2.2

2001-2005 average

3.2

2.6

2.4

2.7

1.6

2.2

2.0

3.5

2.2

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

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

4.0

3.5

3.9

2.6

4.1

3.4

6.6

3.6

2004

3.7

3.4

2.4

4.6

2.7

4.5

3.8

5.1

3.5

2005

4.7

3.0

3.0

3.8

3.1

4.5

4.3

2.9

3.7

2001-2005 average

4.5

3.8

2.8

3.8

2.7

4.7

3.6

5.0

3.5



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