Scottish Government

Table 21

Drivers Breath Tested

Year

Time of day

00.00 to 02.59

03.00 to 05.59

06.00 to 08.59

09.00 to 11.59

12.00 to 14.59

15.00 to 17.59

18.00 to 20.59

21.00 to 23.59

Total

(a) Numbers

Motorists involved

1994-98 average

961

398

2,943

3,619

5,096

6,794

4,296

2,068

26,176

1998

842

444

3,143

3,660

5,350

6,958

4,167

2,029

26,593

1999

819

486

2,904

3,609

4,807

6,258

4,021

1,843

24,747

2000

875

409

2,717

3,632

4,901

6,340

3,932

1,808

24,614

2001

837

445

2,847

3,335

4,706

6,232

3,683

1,813

23,898

2002

815

451

2,469

3,343

4,609

6,117

3,585

1,842

23,231

1998-2002 average

838

447

2,816

3,516

4,875

6,381

3,878

1,867

24,617

Breath tests requested

1994-98 average

680

264

1,901

2,417

3,406

4,601

3,056

1,478

17,802

1998

611

306

2,064

2,466

3,607

4,665

2,940

1,476

18,135

1999

569

341

1,970

2,393

3,142

4,185

2,759

1,275

16,634

2000

587

247

1,762

2,270

3,094

4,174

2,611

1,232

15,977

2001

550

271

1,847

2,059

2,962

3,872

2,394

1,244

15,199

2002

553

285

1,530

2,021

2,848

3,871

2,321

1,199

14,628

1998-2002 average

574

290

1,835

2,242

3,131

4,153

2,605

1,285

16,115

Positive/refused

1994-98 average

149

54

32

20

27

63

99

122

566

1992

190

61

26

16

25

56

110

149

633

1993

186

44

18

18

44

61

104

140

615

1994

162

40

23

18

24

79

102

116

564

1995

150

50

26

26

24

57

117

127

577

1996

160

49

31

11

19

66

89

131

556

1997

146

62

39

23

37

57

101

122

587

1998

128

69

40

24

30

57

87

113

548

1999

128

68

24

32

28

50

82

100

512

2000

135

66

27

19

26

62

88

106

529

2001

133

68

33

22

18

64

71

99

508

2002

129

75

21

23

28

55

92

83

506

1998-2002 average

131

69

29

24

26

58

84

100

521

(b) Percentages

Breath test requested as percent of motorists involved

1994-98 average

70.7

66.3

64.6

66.8

66.8

67.7

71.1

71.4

68.0

1998

72.6

68.9

65.7

67.4

67.4

67.0

70.6

72.7

68.2

1999

69.5

70.2

67.8

66.3

65.4

66.9

68.6

69.2

67.2

2000

67.1

60.4

64.9

62.5

63.1

65.8

66.4

68.1

64.9

2001

65.7

60.9

64.9

61.7

62.9

62.1

65.0

68.6

63.6

2002

67.9

63.2

62.0

60.5

61.8

63.3

64.7

65.1

63.0

1998-2002 average

68.5

64.9

65.1

63.8

64.2

65.1

67.2

68.8

65.5

Positive/refused as percent of motorists involved

1994-98 average

15.5

13.6

1.1

0.6

0.5

0.9

2.3

5.9

2.2

1998

15.2

15.5

1.3

0.7

0.6

0.8

2.1

5.6

2.1

1999

15.6

14.0

0.8

0.9

0.6

0.8

2.0

5.4

2.1

2000

15.4

16.1

1.0

0.5

0.5

1.0

2.2

5.9

2.1

2001

15.9

15.3

1.2

0.7

0.4

1.0

1.9

5.5

2.1

2002

15.8

16.6

0.9

0.7

0.6

0.9

2.6

4.5

2.2

1998-2002 average

15.6

15.5

1.0

0.7

0.5

0.9

2.2

5.4

2.1

Positive/refused as percent of those where breath test requested

1994-98 average

22.0

20.4

1.7

0.8

0.8

1.4

3.2

8.2

3.2

1998

20.9

22.5

1.9

1.0

0.8

1.2

3.0

7.7

3.0

1999

22.5

19.9

1.2

1.3

0.9

1.2

3.0

7.8

3.1

2000

23.0

26.7

1.5

0.8

0.8

1.5

3.4

8.6

3.3

2001

24.2

25.1

1.8

1.1

0.6

1.7

3.0

8.0

3.3

2002

23.3

26.3

1.4

1.1

1.0

1.4

4.0

6.9

3.5

1998-2002 average

22.8

23.9

1.6

1.1

0.8

1.4

3.2

7.8

3.2