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Table 21 Motorists involved in accidents with positive or refused breath test
Years: 1996 to 2006

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

(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 2002-2006 averages, 2002 to 2006
Motorists breath test results, by time of day, 2002 to 2006

	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
	2002	816	451	2,473	3,352	4,631	6,128	3,588	1,842	23,281
	2003	833	385	2,550	3,325	4,551	5,681	3,545	1,725	22,595
	2004	709	423	2,560	3,252	4,617	5,785	3,488	1,751	22,585
	2005	762	421	2,649	2,964	4,176	5,694	3,220	1,735	21,639
	2006	829	411	2,569	2,892	4,201	5,317	3,267	1,637	21,144
	2002-2006 average	790	418	2,560	3,157	4,435	5,721	3,422	1,738	22,249
Breath tests requested	1994-98 average	680	264	1,901	2,417	3,406	4,601	3,056	1,478	17,802
	2002	554	285	1,533	2,029	2,865	3,878	2,321	1,201	14,666
	2003	564	260	1,537	2,063	2,750	3,431	2,152	1,161	13,918
	2004	463	262	1,531	1,979	2,716	3,414	2,161	1,114	13,640
	2005	488	271	1,512	1,631	2,344	3,281	1,965	1,076	12,577
	2006	532	251	1,494	1,725	2,412	3,057	2,018	1,054	12,556
	2002-2006 average	520	266	1,521	1,885	2,617	3,412	2,123	1,121	13,471
Positive/refused	1994-98 average	149	54	32	20	27	63	99	122	566
	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	107	528
	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	25	48	76	102	485
	2005	115	67	33	22	27	42	60	106	472
	2006	142	73	30	20	24	59	83	76	509
	2002-2006 average	124	73	29	24	25	50	78	93	495
(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
	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	58.8	59.0	62.0	63.6	60.4
	2005	64.0	64.4	57.1	55.0	56.1	57.6	61.0	62.0	58.1
	2006	64.2	61.1	58.2	59.6	57.4	57.5	61.8	64.4	59.4
	2002-2006 average	65.9	63.6	59.4	59.7	59.0	59.6	62.1	64.5	60.5
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
	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	15.1	15.9	1.2	0.7	0.6	0.7	1.9	6.1	2.2
	2006	17.1	17.8	1.2	0.7	0.6	1.1	2.5	4.6	2.4
	2002-2006 average	15.7	17.4	1.1	0.7	0.6	0.9	2.3	5.3	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
	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	0.9	1.4	3.5	9.2	3.6
	2005	23.6	24.7	2.2	1.3	1.2	1.3	3.1	9.9	3.8
	2006	26.7	29.1	2.0	1.2	1.0	1.9	4.1	7.2	4.1
	2002-2006 average	23.9	27.3	1.9	1.3	1.0	1.5	3.7	8.3	3.7

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