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

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 |
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(a) Numbers |
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Motorists involved | 1994-98 average | 1,328 | 2,329 | 2,085 | 1,273 | 5,344 | 1,238 | 11,894 | 685 | 26,176 |
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2001 | 1,254 | 1,865 | 2,001 | 1,205 | 5,089 | 1,036 | 10,766 | 690 | 23,906 |
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2002 | 1,134 | 1,857 | 1,861 | 1,285 | 4,838 | 1,217 | 10,415 | 668 | 23,275 |
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2003 | 1,243 | 1,788 | 1,700 | 1,194 | 4,512 | 1,244 | 10,203 | 698 | 22,582 |
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2004 | 1,192 | 1,762 | 1,723 | 1,243 | 4,659 | 1,085 | 10,155 | 702 | 22,521 |
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2005 | 1,217 | 1,930 | 1,563 | 1,154 | 4,400 | 1,045 | 9,467 | 804 | 21,580 |
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2001-2005 average | 1,208 | 1,840 | 1,770 | 1,216 | 4,700 | 1,125 | 10,201 | 712 | 22,773 |
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Breath test requested | 1994-98 average | 1,017 | 1,749 | 1,689 | 967 | 3,249 | 756 | 7,859 | 516 | 17,802 |
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2001 | 867 | 1,309 | 1,702 | 844 | 3,115 | 542 | 6,335 | 489 | 15,203 |
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2002 | 846 | 1,273 | 1,536 | 892 | 3,057 | 559 | 6,030 | 471 | 14,664 |
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2003 | 920 | 1,241 | 1,411 | 864 | 2,657 | 563 | 5,771 | 482 | 13,909 |
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2004 | 867 | 1,204 | 1,442 | 864 | 2,692 | 469 | 5,575 | 493 | 13,606 |
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2005 | 872 | 1,240 | 1,285 | 782 | 2,614 | 449 | 4,775 | 544 | 12,561 |
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2001-2005 average | 874 | 1,253 | 1,475 | 849 | 2,827 | 516 | 5,697 | 496 | 13,989 |
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Positive/ refused | 1994-98 average | 62 | 65 | 45 | 26 | 81 | 29 | 238 | 21 | 566 |
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2001 | 39 | 51 | 33 | 33 | 81 | 29 | 213 | 29 | 508 |
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2002 | 36 | 58 | 53 | 25 | 81 | 28 | 205 | 22 | 508 |
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2003 | 48 | 50 | 50 | 34 | 69 | 23 | 197 | 32 | 503 |
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2004 | 32 | 41 | 34 | 40 | 74 | 21 | 213 | 25 | 480 |
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2005 | 41 | 37 | 38 | 30 | 82 | 20 | 203 | 16 | 467 |
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2001-2005 average | 39 | 47 | 42 | 32 | 77 | 24 | 206 | 25 | 493 |
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(b) Percentages |
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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 |
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2001 | 69.1 | 70.2 | 85.1 | 70.0 | 61.2 | 52.3 | 58.8 | 70.9 | 63.6 |
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2002 | 74.6 | 68.6 | 82.5 | 69.4 | 63.2 | 45.9 | 57.9 | 70.5 | 63.0 |
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2003 | 74.0 | 69.4 | 83.0 | 72.4 | 58.9 | 45.3 | 56.6 | 69.1 | 61.6 |
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2004 | 72.7 | 68.3 | 83.7 | 69.5 | 57.8 | 43.2 | 54.9 | 70.2 | 60.4 |
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2005 | 71.7 | 64.2 | 82.2 | 67.8 | 59.4 | 43.0 | 50.4 | 67.7 | 58.2 |
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2001-2005 average | 72.4 | 68.1 | 83.4 | 69.8 | 60.2 | 45.9 | 55.8 | 69.6 | 61.4 |
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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 |
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2001 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 4.2 | 2.1 |
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2002 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 3.3 | 2.2 |
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2003 | 3.9 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 4.6 | 2.2 |
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2004 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 3.6 | 2.1 |
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2005 | 3.4 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.2 |
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2001-2005 average | 3.2 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 3.5 | 2.2 |
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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 |
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2001 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 1.9 | 3.9 | 2.6 | 5.4 | 3.4 | 5.9 | 3.3 |
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2002 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 5.0 | 3.4 | 4.7 | 3.5 |
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2003 | 5.2 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 2.6 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 6.6 | 3.6 |
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2004 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 4.6 | 2.7 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 3.5 |
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2005 | 4.7 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 2.9 | 3.7 |
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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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