Year

Northern

Grampian

Tayside

Fife

Lothian & Borders

Central

Strathclyde

Dumfries& Galloway

Scotland

(a) Numbers

Motorists involved

1985

1,431

3,336

2,421

1,882

5,779

1,270

13,865

791

30,775

1986

1,289

3,132

2,273

1,716

5,446

1,412

13,332

850

29,450

1996

1,322

2,243

2,081

1,220

5,435

1,192

11,200

613

25,306

1997

1,391

2,438

2,024

1,420

5,435

1,376

12,146

647

26,877

1998

1,459

2,214

2,018

1,213

5,644

1,264

12,057

724

26,593

1999

1,377

1,938

1,994

1,170

5,137

1,202

11,323

599

24,740

2000

1,243

1,951

1,893

1,337

5,188

1,085

11,155

693

24,545

Breath test requested

1985

189

564

497

353

483

191

1,396

102

3,775

1986

667

2,004

1,692

475

2,817

973

9,431

221

18,280

1996

1,040

1,719

1,682

911

3,369

719

7,480

433

17,353

1997

1,058

1,870

1,667

1,086

3,271

796

7,998

498

18,244

1998

1,100

1,623

1,688

915

3,578

738

7,939

553

18,134

1999

1,052

1,431

1,651

883

3,200

684

7,273

457

16,631

2000

866

1,427

1,678

933

3,136

581

6,809

503

15,933

Positive/ refused

1985

79

186

84

94

189

73

475

30

1,210

1986

75

164

87

68

162

58

472

32

1,118

1996

61

65

48

27

73

28

237

17

556

1997

77

66

55

29

86

28

224

22

587

1998

56

63

50

26

80

25

219

29

548

1999

69

54

54

23

75

14

209

14

512

2000

50

55

45

21

87

30

208

30

526

(b) Percentages

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

1986

51.7

64.0

74.4

27.7

51.7

68.9

70.7

26.0

62.1

1996

78.7

76.6

80.8

74.7

62.0

60.3

66.8

70.6

68.6

1997

76.1

76.7

82.4

76.5

60.2

57.8

65.8

77.0

67.9

1998

75.4

73.3

83.6

75.4

63.4

58.4

65.8

76.4

68.2

1999

76.4

73.8

82.8

75.5

62.3

56.9

64.2

76.3

67.2

2000

69.7

73.1

88.6

69.8

60.4

53.5

61.0

72.6

64.9

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

1986

5.8

5.2

3.8

4.0

3.0

4.1

3.5

3.8

3.8

1996

4.6

2.9

2.3

2.2

1.3

2.3

2.1

2.8

2.2

1997

5.5

2.7

2.7

2.0

1.6

2.0

1.8

3.4

2.2

1998

3.8

2.8

2.5

2.1

1.4

2.0

1.8

4.0

2.1

1999

5.0

2.8

2.7

2.0

1.5

1.2

1.8

2.3

2.1

2000

4.0

2.8

2.4

1.6

1.7

2.8

1.9

4.3

2.1

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

1986

11.2

8.2

5.1

14.3

5.8

6.0

5.0

14.5

6.1

1996

5.9

3.8

2.9

3.0

2.2

3.9

3.2

3.9

3.2

1997

7.3

3.5

3.3

2.7

2.6

3.5

2.8

4.4

3.2

1998

5.1

3.9

3.0

2.8

2.2

3.4

2.8

5.2

3.0

1999

6.6

3.8

3.3

2.6

2.3

2.0

2.9

3.1

3.1

2000

5.8

3.9

2.7

2.3

2.8

5.2

3.1

6.0

3.3