§ Mr. Dempseyasked the Minister of Transport if he will publish figures showing how many fatal road accidents occurred in each of the last 10 years in Scotland and the rest of the United Kingdom, respectively, as a result of which drivers were convicted who were 94W under the influence of drink at the time of the accident.
§ Mr. MarplesI regret that separate figures for Scotland and the rest of the United Kingdom are not available. The available statistics are given in the table below; they are for Great Britain as a whole and, up to 1958, show the total number of accidents in which intoxicated drivers and riders were reported by the police to be a contributory factor. For 1959 and 1960, as a result of a change in the accident report system, the figures relate only to the number of fatal and serious injury accidents as a result of which a driver or rider was charged with a drink offence under the Road Traffic Acts, or would have been so charged but for the death or serious injury of the person concerned. It is not possible to provide comparable figures showing the number of convictions obtained.
ACCIDENTS IN GREAT BRITAIN IN WHICH INTOXICATED DRIVERS AND RIDERS WERE INVOLVED 1951–1960 Year Number of fatal, serious and slight accidents in which intoxicated drivers or riders were reported by the police as contributing to the accident Number of fatal and serious accidents in which a driver or rider was reported as being intoxicated 1951 … 1,013 — 1952 … 870 — 1953 … 795 — 1954 … 826 — 1955 … 934 — 1956 … 994 — 1957 … 1,096 — 1958 … 1,102 — 1959 … — 423 1960 … — 432