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Road Accidents Scotland 1998

 

Table 24

Drivers Breath Tested

 

Motorists involved in accidents, breath tested and breath test results, by day and time, 1998

 

Time

Monday- Thursday (average per day)

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Total(1)

Mon-Thur

(a) Numbers

Motorists involved

00-03

60

91

254

255

840

240

03-06

40

69

91

124

444

160

06-09

566

559

194

124

3,139

2,262

09-12

554

625

545

276

3,660

2,214

12-15

704

810

906

819

5,350

2,815

15-18

1,019

1,335

779

767

6,957

4,076

18-21

615

745

517

444

4,166

2,460

21-24

266

418

332

214

2,029

1,065

Total

3,823

4,652

3,618

3,023

26,585

15,292

 

Breath test requested

00-03

42

72

182

190

610

166

03-06

27

45

65

88

306

108

06-09

371

359

134

85

2,061

1,483

09-12

374

387

390

194

2,466

1,495

12-15

460

550

645

574

3,607

1,838

15-18

673

917

521

534

4,663

2,691

18-21

435

510

371

320

2,939

1,738

21-24

190

298

247

171

1,476

760

Total

2,570

3,138

2,555

2,156

18,128

10,279

 

Positive/refused

00-03

11

18

36

32

128

42

03-06

4

10

18

24

69

17

06-09

2

8

10

14

40

8

09-12

3

7

3

4

24

10

12-15

4

2

7

6

30

15

15-18

5

13

12

11

56

20

18-21

11

12

19

11

87

45

21-24

11

25

24

20

113

44

Total

50

95

129

122

547

201

(b) Percentages

Breath test requested as a percentage of motorists involved

00-03

69.2

79.1

71.7

74.5

72.6

 

03-06

67.5

65.2

71.4

71.0

68.9

 

06-09

65.6

64.2

69.1

68.5

65.7

 

09-12

67.5

61.9

71.6

70.3

67.4

 

12-15

65.3

67.9

71.2

70.1

67.4

 

15-18

66.0

68.7

66.9

69.6

67.0

 

18-21

70.7

68.5

71.8

72.1

70.5

 

21-24

71.4

71.3

74.4

79.9

72.7

 

Total

67.2

67.5

70.6

71.3

68.2

 

 

Positive/refused as a percentage of motorists involved

00-03

17.5

19.8

14.2

12.5

15.2

 

03-06

10.6

14.5

19.8

19.4

15.5

 

06-09

0.4

1.4

5.2

11.3

1.3

 

09-12

0.5

1.1

0.6

1.4

0.7

 

12-15

0.5

0.2

0.8

0.7

0.6

 

15-18

0.5

1.0

1.5

1.4

0.8

 

18-21

1.8

1.6

3.7

2.5

2.1

 

21-24

4.1

6.0

7.2

9.3

5.6

 

Total

1.3

2.0

3.6

4.0

2.1

 

 

Positive/refused as a percentage of those where breath test requested

00-03

25.3

25.0

19.8

16.8

21.0

 

03-06

15.7

22.2

27.7

27.3

22.5

 

06-09

0.5

2.2

7.5

16.5

1.9

 

09-12

0.7

1.8

0.8

2.1

1.0

 

12-15

0.8

0.4

1.1

1.0

0.8

 

15-18

0.7

1.4

2.3

2.1

1.2

 

18-21

2.6

2.4

5.1

3.4

3.0

 

21-24

5.8

8.4

9.7

11.7

7.7

 

Total

2.0

3.0

5.0

5.7

3.0

 

(1) Includes four times the daily average for Monday - Thursday.

 

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