Organisation: Department for Transport
Date uploaded: 22nd August 2018
Date published/launched: August 2018
The DfT figures show that between 220 and 250 people were killed in collisions where at least one driver was over the drink-drive limit – leading the DfT to produce a central estimate of 230 deaths.
The final estimate for 2016 is higher than in 2015 – when there were 200 drink-drive fatalities – although the DfT says the rise is not statistically significant.
The figure is, however, lower than the DfT’s initial estimate, published in February 2018, of 240 drink-drive related deaths in 2016.
The figures also show that an estimated 9,040 people were killed or injured in drink-drive collisions, representing a rise of 7% from 8,470 in 2015 – and the highest number since 2012.
The total number of collisions where at least one driver or rider was over the alcohol limit also rose, up 6% to 6,070.
Around 13% of all road deaths in 2016 were drink drive related, unchanged from the previous year.
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