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Table 23 |
Drivers Breath Tested |
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Motorists involved in accidents, breath
tested and breath test results, by police force |
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Year |
Northern |
Grampian |
Tayside |
Fife |
Lothian & Borders |
Central |
Strathclyde |
Dumfries & Galloway |
Total |
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(a) Numbers |
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Motorists involved |
1985 |
1,431 |
3,336 |
2,421 |
1,882 |
5,779 |
1,270 |
13,865 |
791 |
30,775 |
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1986 |
1,289 |
3,132 |
2,273 |
1,716 |
5,446 |
1,412 |
13,332 |
850 |
29,450 |
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1994 |
1,110 |
2,339 |
2,207 |
1,248 |
5,184 |
1,258 |
12,129 |
783 |
26,258 |
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1995 |
1,359 |
2,413 |
2,095 |
1,258 |
5,020 |
1,106 |
11,936 |
660 |
25,847 |
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1996 |
1,322 |
2,243 |
2,081 |
1,220 |
5,435 |
1,192 |
11,199 |
613 |
25,305 |
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1997 |
1,391 |
2,438 |
2,024 |
1,420 |
5,435 |
1,376 |
12,146 |
647 |
26,877 |
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1998 |
1,459 |
2,214 |
2,018 |
1,213 |
5,641 |
1,264 |
12,055 |
721 |
26,585 |
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Breath test |
1985 |
189 |
564 |
497 |
353 |
483 |
191 |
1,396 |
102 |
3,775 |
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1986 |
667 |
2,004 |
1,692 |
475 |
2,817 |
973 |
9,431 |
221 |
18,280 |
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1994 |
841 |
1,727 |
1,727 |
942 |
3,006 |
821 |
8,043 |
597 |
17,704 |
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1995 |
1,044 |
1,806 |
1,681 |
977 |
3,022 |
712 |
7,833 |
501 |
17,576 |
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1996 |
1,040 |
1,719 |
1,682 |
911 |
3,369 |
719 |
7,480 |
433 |
17,353 |
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1997 |
1,058 |
1,870 |
1,667 |
1,086 |
3,271 |
796 |
7,998 |
498 |
18,244 |
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1998 |
1,100 |
1,623 |
1,688 |
915 |
3,576 |
738 |
7,938 |
550 |
18,128 |
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Positive/ refused |
1985 |
79 |
186 |
84 |
94 |
189 |
73 |
475 |
30 |
1,210 |
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1986 |
75 |
164 |
87 |
68 |
162 |
58 |
472 |
32 |
1,118 |
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1994 |
51 |
56 |
34 |
18 |
81 |
38 |
264 |
22 |
564 |
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1995 |
63 |
73 |
37 |
31 |
86 |
24 |
247 |
16 |
577 |
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1996 |
61 |
65 |
48 |
27 |
73 |
28 |
237 |
17 |
556 |
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1997 |
77 |
66 |
55 |
29 |
86 |
28 |
224 |
22 |
587 |
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1998 |
56 |
63 |
50 |
26 |
80 |
25 |
218 |
29 |
547 |
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(b) Percentages |
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Breath test requested as percent of motorists involved |
1985 |
13.2 |
16.9 |
20.5 |
18.8 |
8.4 |
15.0 |
10.1 |
12.9 |
12.3 |
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1986 |
51.7 |
64.0 |
74.4 |
27.7 |
51.7 |
68.9 |
70.7 |
26.0 |
62.1 |
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1994 |
75.8 |
73.8 |
78.3 |
75.5 |
58.0 |
65.3 |
66.3 |
76.2 |
67.4 |
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1995 |
76.8 |
74.8 |
80.2 |
77.7 |
60.2 |
64.4 |
65.6 |
75.9 |
68.0 |
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1996 |
78.7 |
76.6 |
80.8 |
74.7 |
62.0 |
60.3 |
66.8 |
70.6 |
68.6 |
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1997 |
76.1 |
76.7 |
82.4 |
76.5 |
60.2 |
57.8 |
65.8 |
77.0 |
67.9 |
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1998 |
75.4 |
73.3 |
83.6 |
75.4 |
63.4 |
58.4 |
65.8 |
76.3 |
68.2 |
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Positive/refused as percent of motorists involved |
1985 |
5.5 |
5.6 |
3.5 |
5.0 |
3.3 |
5.7 |
3.4 |
3.8 |
3.9 |
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1986 |
5.8 |
5.2 |
3.8 |
4.0 |
3.0 |
4.1 |
3.5 |
3.8 |
3.8 |
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1994 |
4.6 |
2.4 |
1.5 |
1.4 |
1.6 |
3.0 |
2.2 |
2.8 |
2.1 |
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1995 |
4.6 |
3.0 |
1.8 |
2.5 |
1.7 |
2.2 |
2.1 |
2.4 |
2.2 |
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1996 |
4.6 |
2.9 |
2.3 |
2.2 |
1.3 |
2.3 |
2.1 |
2.8 |
2.2 |
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1997 |
5.5 |
2.7 |
2.7 |
2.0 |
1.6 |
2.0 |
1.8 |
3.4 |
2.2 |
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1998 |
3.8 |
2.8 |
2.5 |
2.1 |
1.4 |
2.0 |
1.8 |
4.0 |
2.1 |
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Positive/refused as percent of those where breath test requested |
1985 |
41.8 |
33.0 |
16.9 |
26.6 |
39.1 |
38.2 |
34.0 |
29.4 |
32.1 |
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1986 |
11.2 |
8.2 |
5.1 |
14.3 |
5.8 |
6.0 |
5.0 |
14.5 |
6.1 |
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1994 |
6.1 |
3.2 |
2.0 |
1.9 |
2.7 |
4.6 |
3.3 |
3.7 |
3.2 |
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1995 |
6.0 |
4.0 |
2.2 |
3.2 |
2.8 |
3.4 |
3.2 |
3.2 |
3.3 |
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1996 |
5.9 |
3.8 |
2.9 |
3.0 |
2.2 |
3.9 |
3.2 |
3.9 |
3.2 |
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1997 |
7.3 |
3.5 |
3.3 |
2.7 |
2.6 |
3.5 |
2.8 |
4.4 |
3.2 |
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1998 |
5.1 |
3.9 |
3.0 |
2.8 |
2.2 |
3.4 |
2.7 |
5.3 |
3.0 |
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(1) In December 1985, the Scottish police authorities introduced a policy of breath-testing all drivers involved in an accident, wherever possible.
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