High blood alcohol in drivers killed in accidents in Great Britain 1980-2019

Published by
Mathilde Carlier,
May 31, 2022
Since 2000 the percentage has ranged between 17 and 26 percent, with 20 percent of drivers killed in road accidents in 2019 found with an illegally high blood alcohol level. Over the period under consideration, there has been a general trend of decline in the percentage of drivers with blood alcohol levels over the legal limit killed in road accidents in Great Britain, with the greatest share of drivers since 1985 being 26 percent in 2006.

Percentage of drivers killed in road accidents with a blood alcohol level over the legal limit in Great Britain from 1980 to 2019

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Release date

August 2021

Region

United Kingdom (Great Britain)

Survey time period

1980 to 2019

Supplementary notes

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On December 5, 2014 the limit in Scotland was reduced to 50 milligrams of alcohol per 100 milliliters of blood. It remains at 80 milligrams of alcohol per 100 milliliters of blood In England and Wales.

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