Reported road casualties in Great Britain, final estimates involving illegal alcohol levels: 2020
Final 2020 statistics on drink-drive collisions and casualties.
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Final estimates of casualties in accidents involving at least one driver or rider over the drink-drive limit in Great Britain for 2020 show that:
- between 200 and 240 people were killed in drink-drive accidents, with a central estimate of 220 fatalities
- the final estimate of fatalities for 2020 is broadly in line with the last few years and is not statistically significantly different from 2019
- an estimated 6,480 people were killed or injured in drink-drive accidents, a fall of 17% from 2019
- the central estimate of the number of killed or seriously injured (KSI adjusted) drink-drive casualties in 2020 is 1,490, a decrease of 22% on 2019
Alongside these statistics, we have updated the feasibility study on drug-driving fatalities to add data for 2019 and provide details of those with levels of drugs over the legal limits.
We have also provided response to feedback received relating to changes to drink-drive statistics including changes to tables published as part of these statistics. In future, provisional drink-drive statistics will no longer be produced and the next update will be statistics for 2021 scheduled for publication in July 2023. We thank all those who took the time to provide feedback on the proposed changes.
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