HC Deb 17 December 1987 vol 124 cc744-5W
Mr. Clifford Forsythe

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish in theOfficial Report a table showing, for each year commencing with the year preceding that in which the breathalyser test was first in force, the number of persons killed in road accidents when in charge of a motor vehicle, classified according to appropriate levels of their blood alcohol count.

Mr. Peter Bottomley

Sample data available from coroners (England and Wales) and procurators fiscal (Scotland) are given in the table:

Great Britain; 1978–85
per cent./number
Percentage exceeding BAC levels (in mg/100ml)
Year 9 50 80 100 150 200 Sample size
1978 43 36 31 31 20 21 1,043
1979 44 36 32 30 21 12 1,161
1980 45 35 31 30 21 12 1,148
1981 43 34 30 29 21 12 1,260
1982 44 33 23 29 24 14 1,474
1983 40 32 29 28 21 12 1,174
1984 37 30 26 25 16 8 1,227
1985 37 29 26 24 17 10 1,166

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