§ Mr. Dempseyasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many persons were convicted of drunk driving offences in each of the last 10 years; how many 38W were involved in fatal accidents; and how many persons died as a result, during this period.
§ Mr. NobleThe following table gives the information asked for in the first part of the Question. It is not possible to identify in how many of these cases fatal accidents were involved.
— Driving a motor vehicle while unfit Unfit while in charge of but not driving a motor vehicle 1954 … 1,015 1955 … 1,181 1956 … 1,492 1957 … 1,326 285 1958 … 1,431 353 1959 … 1,694 441 1960 … 2,050 420 1961 … 2,382 497 1962 … 2,668 537 1963 … 2,950 610 NOTE: The Road Traffic Act, 1956, first introduced a distinction between the offences of driving a vehicle, and of being in charge of but not driving a vehicle, while drunk.