§ 79. Mr. Hector Hughesasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many drivers in Aberdeen and district were asked to take the breathalyser test since it started; with what results in the way of prosecutions and otherwise; and how
BREATH SPECIMENS PROVIDED UNDER ROAD SAFETY ACT, 1967 FOR PERIOD 9TH OCTOBER, 1967–31ST JANUARY, 1968 Breath tests at roadside or hospital Breath tests at police stations (Section 2(1) and (2)) (Section 2(7)) Police Area Positive Negative Refused or failed Total Positive Negative Refused or failed Total City and Burgh Forces Aberdeen … 56 23 4 83 61 8 7 76 Ayr … 9 21 — 30 11 1 1 13 Dundee … 67 43 2 112 65 6 9 80 Edinburgh … 107 73 5 185 135 16 20 171 Glasgow … 212 123 5 340 432 23 45 500 Inverness … 8 10 — 18 13 — 1 14 Kilmarnock … 9 6 — 15 10 — — 10 County and Combined Forces Angus … 16 18 2 36 22 2 1 25 Argyll … 30 17 1 48 35 4 1 40 Ayrshire … 39 34 2 75 46 10 5 61 Berwick, Roxburgh and Selkirk 16 22 1 39 19 1 2 22 Caithness … 2 9 2 13 8 — 4 12 Dumfries and Galloway 36 52 1 89 32 5 — 37 Dunbartonshire … 39 57 4 100 52 6 4 62 Fife … 38 102 2 142 42 12 5 59 Inverness-shire … 15 31 — 46 23 1 6 30 Lanarkshire … 109 117 6 232 119 13 5 137 Lothians and Peebles 32 33 1 66 35 3 2 40 Orkney … 1 4 — 5 1 — 1 2 Perth and Kinross 55 72 4 131 57 7 3 67 Renfrew and Bute 136 93 4 233 142 17 4 163 Ross and Sutherland 31 38 — 69 36 3 2 41 Scottish North-Eastern Counties 50 75 1 126 58 10 4 72 Stirling and Clackmannan 62 67 5 134 61 10 7 78 Zetland … 1 4 — 5 1 — — 1 SCOTLAND … 1,176 1,144 52 2,372 1,516 158 139 1,813 Note: These figures relate to tests not to persons. In particular persons arrested after a roadside test are given a further opportunity of a test at the police station.
Earl of Dalkeithasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will make a statement on the effects of breathalyser testing on the road accident rate in Scotland.
88Wthese results compare with results in other parts of Scotland.
§ Mr. RossIn Aberdeen between 9th October, 1967 and 31st January, 1968 there were 83 breath tests at the roadside or in hospital of which 56 were positive and 4 were refused or failed, and 76 tests at police stations of which 61 were positive and 7 were refused or failed. I shall, with permission, provide similar figures for other police areas in the OFFICIAL REPORT. Details of prosecutions in cases where tests were given are not readily available.
§ Mr. RossI would refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave on 21st February to my hon. Friend the Member for Fife, West (Mr. William Hamilton).—[Vol. 759, c.130–31.]