Organisation: ACPO
Date uploaded: 3rd February 2015
Date published/launched: January 2015
ACPO says it took a more intelligence-led approach to the campaign which resulted in a significant reduction in the number of tests administered, but a higher percentage failure rate.
In total, 133,996 tests were administered in December 2014, with a failure rate of 4.39%. The comparable figures in December 2013 were 191,040 tests and a failure rate of 3.42%.
The failure rate for tests administered following a collision was 7.43% in December 2014, compared to 5.7% the previous year. The failure rate for tests administered where there was not a collision was 3.73% in 2014 compared with 3.0% the previous December.
Of the 28,228 people under the age of 25yrs who were tested, some 6.33% failed, compared to a failure rate of 3.94% among the over-25s.
The failure rate of 6.33% among young drivers was significantly up on previous years – 4.41% in 2013, 5.27% in 2012 and 5.73% in 2012.
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