Driving under Influence
(asked on 23rd November 2015) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were charged with drink-driving in each of the last three years.
The below table provides the published figures on the number of people who were charged with drink driving in each of the last three years.
Offence | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
Driving with alcohol in the blood above the prescribed limit | 45,841 | 41,798 | 38,866 |
Other offences related to drink- or drug-driving | 7,915 | 9,421 | 9,421 |
This and other data on, for example, the number of prosecutions for drink driving offences is published by the Ministry of Justice and can be found at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2014