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Reported road casualties in Great Britain, accidents involving illegal alcohol levels: 2015 (second provisional)

Personal injury drink drive accident statistics in Great Britain for 2015.

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Statistics on personal injury drink drive accidents in Great Britain.

The second provisional estimates for 2015 show:

  • between 180 and 250 people were killed in Great Britain
  • at least 1 driver was over the drink drive limit
  • there has been a rise in overall drink drive casualties of all severities from 2014, a 3% increase to 8,480
  • there was an estimated 180 fatal drink drive accidents
  • the total number of drink drive accidents of all severities rose by 2% to 5,740

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Published 2 February 2017