§ Sir Bernard Braineasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many fatal and serious casualties caused by road accidents in which alcohol intake was a factor were recorded in each of 325W the eight years before the passage of the Road Safety Act 1967; and how many were recorded in each of the eight succeeding years.
§ Dr. GilbertI regret that the information is not available in the precise form requested by the hon. Member. However, the following is available:
FATAL AND SERIOUS CASUALTIES 10 p.m.–4 a.m., AND PERCENTAGE OF DRIVER FATALITIES WHERE THE DRIVER WAS OVER THE LEGAL LIMIT OF ALCOHOL IN BLOOD: 1960–1975, GREAT BRITAIN Fatal or serious casualties Year Number 10 p.m.–4 a.m. Percentage of all fatal or serious Casualties (i.e. of total) Percentage of driver fatalities where the driver was over legal limit of alcohol in blood 1960 17,806 20 NA 1961 18,649 21 NA 1962 19,143 21 NA 1963 20,817 22 NA 1964 23,824 23 NA 1965 24,566 23 NA 1966 26,325 25 NA 1967 23,143 23 25 1968 18,955 20 17 1969 20,637 21 22 1970 22,316 22 21 1971 22,763 23 26 1972 23,333 24 26 1973 23,465 24 30 1974 21,942 25 33 1975* 20,471 25 35 *Provisional. NA—Not available.