Road Accidents Scotland 2005

Table 21 Motorists involved in accidents with positive or refused breath test
Years: 1995 to 2005

(a) Late afternoon/evening to night time (3pm-3am)

image of (a) Late afternoon/evening to night time (3pm-3am)

(b) Early morning to early afternoon (3am-3pm)

image of (b) Early morning to early afternoon (3am-3pm)

Table 21 Motorists involved in accidents and breath tested, by time of day
Years: 1994-98 and 2001-2005 averages, 2001 to 2005
Motorists breath test results, by time of day, 2001 to 2005

	Year	00.00 to 02.59	03.00 to 05.59	06.00 to 08.59	09.00 to 11.59	12.00 to 14.59	15.00 to 17.59	18.00 to 20.59	21.00 to 23.59	Total
	Year	Time of day
(a) Numbers
Motorists involved	1994-98 average	961	398	2,943	3,619	5,096	6,794	4,296	2,068	26,176
	2001	837	446	2,847	3,337	4,710	6,234	3,682	1,813	23,906
	2002	816	451	2,473	3,352	4,629	6,128	3,586	1,840	23,275
	2003	832	385	2,550	3,325	4,547	5,678	3,541	1,724	22,582
	2004	709	423	2,558	3,238	4,598	5,771	3,477	1,747	22,521
	2005	756	421	2,642	2,955	4,191	5,669	3,212	1,734	21,580
	2001-2005 average	790	425	2,614	3,241	4,535	5,896	3,500	1,772	22,773
Breath tests requested	1994-98 average	680	264	1,901	2,417	3,406	4,601	3,056	1,478	17,802
	2001	550	271	1,847	2,061	2,964	3,873	2,393	1,244	15,203
	2002	554	285	1,533	2,029	2,865	3,878	2,321	1,199	14,664
	2003	563	260	1,537	2,063	2,747	3,430	2,149	1,160	13,909
	2004	463	262	1,529	1,973	2,707	3,403	2,155	1,114	13,606
	2005	484	271	1,512	1,631	2,351	3,274	1,962	1,076	12,561
	2001-2005 average	523	270	1,592	1,951	2,727	3,572	2,196	1,159	13,989
Positive/refused	1994-98 average	149	54	32	20	27	63	99	122	566
	1995	150	50	26	26	24	57	117	127	577
	1996	160	49	31	11	19	66	89	131	556
	1997	146	62	39	23	37	57	101	122	587
	1998	128	69	40	24	30	57	87	113	548
	1999	128	68	24	32	28	50	82	100	512
	2000	135	66	27	17	26	62	88	106	527
	2001	133	68	33	22	18	64	71	99	508
	2002	130	75	21	23	30	54	92	83	508
	2003	128	81	29	26	20	45	78	96	503
	2004	106	67	34	27	23	46	75	102	480
	2005	112	67	33	22	27	41	59	106	467
	2001-2005 average	122	72	30	24	24	50	75	97	493
(b) Percentages
Breath test requested as percent of motorists involved	1994-98 average	70.7	66.3	64.6	66.8	66.8	67.7	71.1	71.4	68.0
	2001	65.7	60.8	64.9	61.8	62.9	62.1	65.0	68.6	63.6
	2002	67.9	63.2	62.0	60.5	61.9	63.3	64.7	65.2	63.0
	2003	67.7	67.5	60.3	62.0	60.4	60.4	60.7	67.3	61.6
	2004	65.3	61.9	59.8	60.9	58.9	59.0	62.0	63.8	60.4
	2005	64.0	64.4	57.2	55.2	56.1	57.8	61.1	62.1	58.2
	2001-2005 average	66.2	63.5	60.9	60.2	60.1	60.6	62.8	65.4	61.4
Positive/refused as percent of motorists involved	1994-98 average	15.5	13.6	1.1	0.6	0.5	0.9	2.3	5.9	2.2
	2001	15.9	15.2	1.2	0.7	0.4	1.0	1.9	5.5	2.1
	2002	15.9	16.6	0.8	0.7	0.6	0.9	2.6	4.5	2.2
	2003	15.4	21.0	1.1	0.8	0.4	0.8	2.2	5.6	2.2
	2004	15.0	15.8	1.3	0.8	0.5	0.8	2.2	5.8	2.1
	2005	14.8	15.9	1.2	0.7	0.6	0.7	1.8	6.1	2.2
	2001-2005 average	15.4	16.8	1.1	0.7	0.5	0.8	2.1	5.5	2.2
Positive/refused as percent of those where breath test requested	1994-98 average	22.0	20.4	1.7	0.8	0.8	1.4	3.2	8.2	3.2
	2001	24.2	25.1	1.8	1.1	0.6	1.7	3.0	8.0	3.3
	2002	23.5	26.3	1.4	1.1	1.0	1.4	4.0	6.9	3.5
	2003	22.7	31.2	1.9	1.3	0.7	1.3	3.6	8.3	3.6
	2004	22.9	25.6	2.2	1.4	0.8	1.4	3.5	9.2	3.5
	2005	23.1	24.7	2.2	1.3	1.1	1.3	3.0	9.9	3.7
	2001-2005 average	23.3	26.5	1.9	1.2	0.9	1.4	3.4	8.4	3.5

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Table 21 Motorists involved in accidents with positive or refused breath test
Years: 1995 to 2005