§ Sir Bernard Braineasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will state the total number of drivers involved in accidents in England and Wales with positive breath tests or failure to provide a specimen from 1976 to 1984, inclusive, and the total number of drivers involved in accidents with positive breath tests or failure to provide a specimen during the following periods—04.00 hours to 10.00 hours, 10.00 hours to 16.00 hours, 16.00 hours to 22.00 hours and 22.00 hours to 04.00 hours, respectively, from 1976 to 1984, inclusive, or for such periods for which statistics are available.
§ Mr. RidleyThe most readily available information is for Great Britain and is contained in tables 10 and 35 of "Road Accidents Great Britain 1984", a copy of which is in the Library. A summary is as follows:
Number of drivers in personal injury accidents who gave a positive breath test or who failed or refused to provide a sample: Great Britain: 1979–1984 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 Hour 04.00–10.00 444 379 350 387 294 344 10.00–16.00 1,512 1,448 1,239 1,345 1,237 1,253 16.00–22.00 3,430 3,314 3,172 3,539 3,304 3,446 22.00–04.00 8,694 8,279 7,537 8,223 7,596 7,513 Total 14,080 13,420 12,298 13,494 12,431 12,556