§ 25. Mr. Peter BottomleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on progress in reducing deaths linked to drink-driving.
§ Mr. Kenneth CarlisleConsiderable progress has been made in our continuing campaign against drinking and driving in changing public attitudes and so reducing the number of deaths caused by those who drink and drive.
The percentage of drivers/riders killed who were over the legal limit has fallen from 30 per cent. in 1981 to 19 per cent. in 1991. In 1991 some 700 people were killed in accidents where a driver or rider was over the legal limit compared with 1,540 in 1981 and 800 in 1990.