§ Dr. Mawhinneyasked the Secretary of State for Transport what is the latest available per annum total of the number of (a) accidents, (b) fatal accidents and (c) people killed that were to some extent attributable to alcohol consumption.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeIn 1979–80 around 30 per cent. of car drivers and motor-cyclists killed in road accidents had blood alcohol levels over 80mg/100ml—the legal limit. Some 30 per cent. of pedestrians were over the same level. About a fifth—1, 200 in 1980—of all road deaths are associated with drinking in excess of 80mg/100ml by drivers or pedestrians.
Alcohol is considered to be a significant contributory cause in about a tenth of all road accidents in Great Britain, including damage only accidents.