HC Deb 24 January 1968 vol 757 cc146-7W
Mr. John Fraser

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish for the Lambeth Division of the Metropolitan Police for the three months preceding and the three months following the introduction of the breathalyser test, comparative figures showing the numbers of charges made or summonses issued for driving a car under the influence of alcohol, dangerous driving, and careless driving, and the numbers of deaths and personal injuries arising from road accidents and reported to the Metropolitan Police.

Mr. Taverne

The available figures for road casualties are:

July to September, 1967 October to December,1967
Fatal … … 2 8
Serious … … 115 122
Slight … … 669 609
786 739
Figures for those periods of charges of driving or being in charge while unfit through drink or drugs, or (from 9th October) with an alcohol level in excess of the prescribed limit, are 30 and 33.

I regret that figures for dangerous and careless driving during the second period are not yet available.