HC Deb 23 January 2002 vol 378 cc861-2W
Mr. Pickles

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how many deaths there were in motor accidents during the period of the annual Christmas anti-drink campaign in each of the last five available years in which a contributory factor was(a) consumption of alcohol, (b) consumption of non-prescription drugs and (c) tiredness of the driver. [27379]

Mr. Spellar

Information is not available for the periods requested. National estimates of drink drive fatalities are only made based on the involvement of a driver who had consumed over the legal limit of alcohol. These estimates are not produced for time periods of less than one calendar month. No estimates are made of road deaths involving the use of non-prescription drugs or tiredness of a driver.