| The Scottish Abstract of Statistics No 26,1998 |
| Table 11D2 Motorists involved in injury road accidents, breath tests and results, 1986, 1992-1996 |
1986 |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
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| Motorists involved | (number) |
29,449 |
27,944 |
26,112 |
26,258 |
25,848 |
25,291 |
| Breath test requested |
|
18,279 |
19,459 |
18,347 |
17,704 |
17,576 |
17,343 |
| Positive/refused | 1,118 |
633 |
615 |
564 |
577 |
556 |
|
(percentages) |
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| Breath test requested as percentage of those involved |
|
62.1 |
69.6 |
70.3 |
67.4 |
68.0 |
68.6 |
| Positive/refused as percentage of those involved | 3.8 |
2.3 |
2.4 |
2.1 |
2.2 |
2.2 |
|
| Positive/refused as percentage of those whose breath test was requested | 6.1 |
3.3 |
3.4 |
3.2 |
3.3 |
3.2 |
|
Source: EAST:SODD |