§ Mr. Peter BottomleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish(a) the number of deaths caused by drink driving, (b) the number of convictons for drink driving and (c) the estimated number of occasions when drivers and riders were above the legal limit, for each year since 1979.
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§ Mr. JackEstimates of fatal casualties in accidents involving illegal alcohol labels in Great Britain are published by the Department of Transport and are as follows:
Year Number 1979 1,790 1980 1,570 1981 1,540 1982 1,670 1983 1,200 1984 1,280 1985 1,130 1986 1,060 1987 980 1988 840 1989 870 1990 800 11991 700 The number of convictions for drink driving in England and Wales is as follows:
Year Number (thousands) 1979 67 1980 78 1981 71 1982 75 1983 98 1984 101 1985 107 1986 107 1987 115 1988 119 1989 114 1990 113 11991 104 1 Provisional. Estimates of the number of occasions when drivers and riders were above the legal limit are not made routinely. Department of Transport roadside surveys carried out in the year 1988, 1989 and 1990 have found consistently that during the peak drinking period—7 pm to 2 am—the proportion of drivers of cars and light vans over the legal limit is in the range of 1 to 1½ per cent.