Reported Road Casualties Scotland 2009

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Table 19 Motorists involved in reported injury accidents, breath tested and breath test results, by police force
Years: 1994-98 and 2005-2009 averages, 2005 to 2009

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

2005

1,220

1,934

1,563

1,154

4,399

1,086

9,484

806

21,646

2006

1,144

1,740

1,661

1,107

4,359

1,171

9,252

713

21,147

2007

1,098

1,866

1,494

1,038

3,965

1,081

8,771

734

20,047

2008

1,053

2,104

1,494

956

4,064

1,085

8,033

642

19,431

2009

1,086

2,024

1,474

994

3,693

1,015

7,650

600

18,536

2005-2009 average

1,120

1,934

1,537

1,050

4,096

1,088

8,638

699

20,161

Breath test
requested

1994-98 average

1,017

1,749

1,689

967

3,249

756

7,859

516

17,802

2005

873

1,241

1,285

782

2,613

460

4,785

545

12,584

2006

851

1,067

1,366

772

2,634

712

4,633

518

12,553

2007

785

1,161

1,252

681

2,279

655

4,809

530

12,152

2008

745

1,309

1,204

645

2,212

685

4,592

473

11,865

2009

733

1,229

1,205

597

1,836

610

4,260

454

10,924

2005-2009 average

797

1,201

1,262

695

2,315

624

4,616

504

12,016

Positive/ refused

1994-98 average

62

65

45

26

81

29

238

21

566

2005

41

38

38

30

82

23

204

16

472

2006

31

52

53

31

68

22

235

16

508

2007

32

55

27

30

69

34

204

18

469

2008

39

69

29

29

63

26

157

22

434

2009

25

67

20

30

61

19

202

5

429

2005-2009 average

34

56

33

30

69

25

200

15

462

(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

2005

71.6

64.2

82.2

67.8

59.4

42.4

50.5

67.6

58.1

2006

74.4

61.3

82.2

69.7

60.4

60.8

50.1

72.7

59.4

2007

71.5

62.2

83.8

65.6

57.5

60.6

54.8

72.2

60.6

2008

70.8

62.2

80.6

67.5

54.4

63.1

57.2

73.7

61.1

2009

67.5

60.7

81.8

60.1

49.7

60.1

55.7

75.7

58.9

2005-2009 average

71.2

62.1

82.1

66.2

56.5

57.4

53.4

72.1

59.6

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

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

2007

2.9

2.9

1.8

2.9

1.7

3.1

2.3

2.5

2.3

2008

3.7

3.3

1.9

3.0

1.6

2.4

2.0

3.4

2.2

2009

2.3

3.3

1.4

3.0

1.7

1.9

2.6

0.8

2.3

2005-2009 average

3.0

2.9

2.2

2.9

1.7

2.3

2.3

2.2

2.3

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

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

4.0

2007

4.1

4.7

2.2

4.4

3.0

5.2

4.2

3.4

3.9

2008

5.2

5.3

2.4

4.5

2.8

3.8

3.4

4.7

3.7

2009

3.4

5.5

1.7

5.0

3.3

3.1

4.7

1.1

3.9

2005-2009 average

4.2

4.7

2.6

4.3

3.0

4.0

4.3

3.1

3.8

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