Organisation: ACPO
Date uploaded: 3rd February 2014
Date published/launched: January 2014
Figures released by ACPO show that drink-drive arrests were down by around 8%, despite an 8% rise in the number of breath tests administered over the Christmas 2013 period.
The campaign, which ran in England, Wales and Northern Ireland from 29 November 2013 to 1 January 2014, resulted in 191,040 breath tests being administered, up from 175,831 in 2012. Of those, 6,550 tests were either positive, failed or refused – a reduction of around 8% compared with the 2012 figure of 7,123.
Of those refusing tests, or registering a positive or failed reading, 1,709 were tested following a collision, while 4,841 were tested in circumstances not involving a collision.
Of those registering a positive or failed reading or refusing to provide a specimen for analysis, 1,675 (25%) were aged under 25 years.
In addition, 513 Field Impairment Tests (FIT) were conducted, of which 143 resulted in an arrest.
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