§ Mr. David MarshallTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will provide a breakdown by sex, age and occupation of those arrested for drink-driving over the Christmas period.
§ Mr. KeyInformation for the 1993 Christmas campaign is not available. Information about three previous campaigns, relating to convictions rather than arrests, is as follows:
(a) Drink-drive convictions for offences committed between 19 December and 1 January, male and female: Year Male Female Total 1990–91 4,195 356 4,551 1991–92 3,955 343 4,298 1992–93 2,994 264 3,258
(b) Age distribution of drivers convicted under (a): Year 20 or less Per cent 20–30 Percent Over 30 Per cent 1990–91 11.6 39.9 48.5 1991–92 9.6 41.5 48.9 1992–93 10.0 38.8 51.2 Information on occupation or socio-economic group of drivers convicted is not available.
§ Mr. David MarshallTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has to conduct a sociological study of hardcore drink-drivers in order to re-evaluate the drink-drive campaigns.
§ Mr. David MarshallTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many(a) drink related accidents, (b) fatal accidents arising from drink-driving and (c) drink-related accidents during the Christmas period campaigns occurred in each year since 1986.
§ Mr. KeyThe following table gives estimates of the number of road accidents in each year since 1986 in which at least one driver or motorcycle rider was above the legal alcohol limit and at least one person was(a) injured or (b) killed. Similar information relating to the periods of the Chistmas campaigns is not available.
(a) Drink-related road accidents (b) Drink-related fatal road accidents 1986 16,940 850 1987 15,560 780 1988 14,520 680 1989 14,390 700 1990 13,210 650 1991 11,690 570 1992 10,840 510