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Table 19 Motorists involved in accidents, breath tested and breath test results, by police force
Years: 1994-98 and 2002-2006 averages, 2002 to 2006

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

2002

1,134

1,857

1,861

1,285

4,838

1,223

10,415

668

23,281

2003

1,243

1,787

1,700

1,194

4,512

1,258

10,203

698

22,595

2004

1,192

1,764

1,723

1,243

4,659

1,134

10,168

702

22,585

2005

1,220

1,932

1,563

1,154

4,399

1,086

9,479

806

21,639

2006

1,144

1,729

1,661

1,107

4,377

1,171

9,243

712

21,144

2002-2006 average

1,187

1,814

1,702

1,197

4,557

1,174

9,902

717

22,249

Breath test
requested

1994-98 average

1,017

1,749

1,689

967

3,249

756

7,859

516

17,802

2002

846

1,273

1,536

892

3,057

561

6,030

471

14,666

2003

920

1,240

1,411

864

2,657

573

5,771

482

13,918

2004

867

1,205

1,442

864

2,692

495

5,582

493

13,640

2005

873

1,239

1,285

782

2,613

460

4,780

545

12,577

2006

851

1,062

1,366

772

2,647

712

4,628

518

12,556

2002-2006 average

871

1,204

1,408

835

2,733

560

5,358

502

13,471

Positive/ refused

1994-98 average

62

65

45

26

81

29

238

21

566

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

25

214

25

485

2005

41

38

38

30

82

23

204

16

472

2006

31

52

53

31

69

22

235

16

509

2002-2006 average

38

48

46

32

75

24

211

22

495

(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

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

45.5

56.6

69.1

61.6

2004

72.7

68.3

83.7

69.5

57.8

43.7

54.9

70.2

60.4

2005

71.6

64.1

82.2

67.8

59.4

42.4

50.4

67.6

58.1

2006

74.4

61.4

82.2

69.7

60.5

60.8

50.1

72.8

59.4

2002-2006 average

73.4

66.4

82.7

69.8

60.0

47.7

54.1

70.0

60.5

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

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

2.2

2.1

3.6

2.1

2005

3.4

2.0

2.4

2.6

1.9

2.1

2.2

2.0

2.2

2006

2.7

3.0

3.2

2.8

1.6

1.9

2.5

2.2

2.4

2002-2006 average

3.2

2.6

2.7

2.7

1.6

2.1

2.1

3.1

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

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

4.0

3.4

6.6

3.6

2004

3.7

3.4

2.4

4.6

2.7

5.1

3.8

5.1

3.6

2005

4.7

3.1

3.0

3.8

3.1

5.0

4.3

2.9

3.8

2006

3.6

4.9

3.9

4.0

2.6

3.1

5.1

3.1

4.1

2002-2006 average

4.3

4.0

3.2

3.8

2.7

4.3

3.9

4.4

3.7

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