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Table 24 |
Drivers Breath Tested |
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Motorists involved in accidents, breath tested and breath test results, by day and time, 1998 |
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Time |
Monday- Thursday (average per day) |
Friday |
Saturday |
Sunday |
Total(1) |
Mon-Thur |
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(a) Numbers |
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Motorists involved |
00-03 |
60 |
91 |
254 |
255 |
840 |
240 |
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03-06 |
40 |
69 |
91 |
124 |
444 |
160 |
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06-09 |
566 |
559 |
194 |
124 |
3,139 |
2,262 |
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09-12 |
554 |
625 |
545 |
276 |
3,660 |
2,214 |
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12-15 |
704 |
810 |
906 |
819 |
5,350 |
2,815 |
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15-18 |
1,019 |
1,335 |
779 |
767 |
6,957 |
4,076 |
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18-21 |
615 |
745 |
517 |
444 |
4,166 |
2,460 |
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21-24 |
266 |
418 |
332 |
214 |
2,029 |
1,065 |
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Total |
3,823 |
4,652 |
3,618 |
3,023 |
26,585 |
15,292 |
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Breath test requested |
00-03 |
42 |
72 |
182 |
190 |
610 |
166 |
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03-06 |
27 |
45 |
65 |
88 |
306 |
108 |
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06-09 |
371 |
359 |
134 |
85 |
2,061 |
1,483 |
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09-12 |
374 |
387 |
390 |
194 |
2,466 |
1,495 |
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12-15 |
460 |
550 |
645 |
574 |
3,607 |
1,838 |
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15-18 |
673 |
917 |
521 |
534 |
4,663 |
2,691 |
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18-21 |
435 |
510 |
371 |
320 |
2,939 |
1,738 |
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21-24 |
190 |
298 |
247 |
171 |
1,476 |
760 |
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Total |
2,570 |
3,138 |
2,555 |
2,156 |
18,128 |
10,279 |
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Positive/refused |
00-03 |
11 |
18 |
36 |
32 |
128 |
42 |
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03-06 |
4 |
10 |
18 |
24 |
69 |
17 |
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06-09 |
2 |
8 |
10 |
14 |
40 |
8 |
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09-12 |
3 |
7 |
3 |
4 |
24 |
10 |
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12-15 |
4 |
2 |
7 |
6 |
30 |
15 |
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15-18 |
5 |
13 |
12 |
11 |
56 |
20 |
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18-21 |
11 |
12 |
19 |
11 |
87 |
45 |
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21-24 |
11 |
25 |
24 |
20 |
113 |
44 |
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Total |
50 |
95 |
129 |
122 |
547 |
201 |
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(b) Percentages |
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Breath test requested as a percentage of motorists involved |
00-03 |
69.2 |
79.1 |
71.7 |
74.5 |
72.6 |
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03-06 |
67.5 |
65.2 |
71.4 |
71.0 |
68.9 |
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06-09 |
65.6 |
64.2 |
69.1 |
68.5 |
65.7 |
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09-12 |
67.5 |
61.9 |
71.6 |
70.3 |
67.4 |
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12-15 |
65.3 |
67.9 |
71.2 |
70.1 |
67.4 |
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15-18 |
66.0 |
68.7 |
66.9 |
69.6 |
67.0 |
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18-21 |
70.7 |
68.5 |
71.8 |
72.1 |
70.5 |
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21-24 |
71.4 |
71.3 |
74.4 |
79.9 |
72.7 |
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Total |
67.2 |
67.5 |
70.6 |
71.3 |
68.2 |
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Positive/refused as a percentage of motorists involved |
00-03 |
17.5 |
19.8 |
14.2 |
12.5 |
15.2 |
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03-06 |
10.6 |
14.5 |
19.8 |
19.4 |
15.5 |
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06-09 |
0.4 |
1.4 |
5.2 |
11.3 |
1.3 |
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09-12 |
0.5 |
1.1 |
0.6 |
1.4 |
0.7 |
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12-15 |
0.5 |
0.2 |
0.8 |
0.7 |
0.6 |
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15-18 |
0.5 |
1.0 |
1.5 |
1.4 |
0.8 |
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18-21 |
1.8 |
1.6 |
3.7 |
2.5 |
2.1 |
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21-24 |
4.1 |
6.0 |
7.2 |
9.3 |
5.6 |
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Total |
1.3 |
2.0 |
3.6 |
4.0 |
2.1 |
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Positive/refused as a percentage of those where breath test requested |
00-03 |
25.3 |
25.0 |
19.8 |
16.8 |
21.0 |
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03-06 |
15.7 |
22.2 |
27.7 |
27.3 |
22.5 |
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06-09 |
0.5 |
2.2 |
7.5 |
16.5 |
1.9 |
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09-12 |
0.7 |
1.8 |
0.8 |
2.1 |
1.0 |
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12-15 |
0.8 |
0.4 |
1.1 |
1.0 |
0.8 |
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15-18 |
0.7 |
1.4 |
2.3 |
2.1 |
1.2 |
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18-21 |
2.6 |
2.4 |
5.1 |
3.4 |
3.0 |
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21-24 |
5.8 |
8.4 |
9.7 |
11.7 |
7.7 |
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Total |
2.0 |
3.0 |
5.0 |
5.7 |
3.0 |
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(1) Includes four times the daily average for Monday - Thursday.