Statistical data set

Reported drinking and driving: data tables (RAS51)

Data about the reported drink drive accidents and casualties, produced by Department for Transport.

• From: Department for Transport
• Published: 6 February 2014
• Last updated: 23 February 2022 — See all updates

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Reported drink and drive (Excel data tables)

Reported drink and drive (Excel data tables) (ZIP, 1.16 MB)

Drink-drive accidents and casualties

RAS51001: Reported drink drive accidents and casualties in Great Britain since 1979 (ODS, 12.1 KB)

RAS51011: Reported drink drive accidents and casualties, by month (ODS, 7.98 KB)

RAS51019: Reported drink drive accidents and casualties, by country and English region (ODS, 42.4 KB)

RAS51022: Reported drink drive accidents and casualties by gender of driver and rider (ODS, 20.1 KB)

Drink drive accidents

RAS51010: Estimated number of reported road accidents involving a car drink driver, by driver age, accidents per licence holder and per mile driven (ODS, 29.8 KB)

RAS51012: Reported drink drive accidents, by time of day (ODS, 38.4 KB)

RAS51013: Reported drink drive accidents by pedestrian and vehicle involvement (ODS, 33.1 KB)

Drink drive casualties

RAS51005: Estimated number of drink drive casualties in reported accidents by casualty type, gender and age (ODS, 40 KB)

RAS51008: KSI casualties in reported accidents involving young drivers and riders (17-24 years old) over the legal alcohol limit (ODS, 10.5 KB)

Drink drive fatalities

RAS51006: Driver and rider fatalities in reported accidents: over the legal blood alcohol limit (ODS, 12.5 KB)

RAS51007: Driver and rider fatalities in reported accidents, by BAC category, gender and age (ODS, 52.3 KB)

RAS51009: Blood alcohol levels of reported fatalities aged 16 and over (ODS, 30.4 KB)

Breath test failures in reported road accidents

RAS51002: Breath tests and breath test failures by drivers and riders involved in reported accidents: Great Britain (ODS, 9.25 KB)

RAS51003: Reported breath tests and breath test failures, all drivers and riders involved by day of week and time of day: Great Britain (ODS, 60.8 KB)

RAS51004: Reported breath tests and breath test failures by road user type and age: Great Britain (ODS, 49.8 KB)

RAS51020: Car drivers in reported road accidents, breath tests and failures by country and English region (ODS, 102 KB)

Digital breath tests in England and Wales

RAS51016: Reported roadside screening breath tests and breath test failures: England and Wales (ODS, 7.25 KB)

RAS51017: Screening test results, by reason for test: England and Wales (ODS, 63.6 KB)

RAS51018: Results of screening breath tests following a road traffic collision (ODS, 47.8 KB)

Crime Survey for England and Wales

RAS51101: Self-reported drink driving, percentage of all drivers (ODS, 10 KB)

RAS51102: Self-reported drink driving, percentage of drivers by age and gender (ODS, 13.5 KB)

RAS51103: Self-reported drug driving, percentage of all drivers (ODS, 9.77 KB)

RAS51104: Self-reported drug driving, percentage of drivers by age and gender (ODS, 13.6 KB)

RAS51105: Self-reported mobile phone use as a proportion of all drivers (ODS, 7.32 KB)

RAS51106: Self-reported mobile phone use by age and sex of drivers (ODS, 7.18 KB)

RAS51107: Self-reported drink driving under or over the drink-drive limit (ODS, 6.71 KB)

RAS51108: Self-reported drink driving under or over the drink-drive limit by age and sex (ODS, 7.31 KB)

RAS51109: Self-reported drivers who have driven after taken medication with advice not to drive after taking (ODS, 5.85 KB)

RAS51110: Self-reported drivers who have driven after taken medication with advice not to drive after taking by age and sex (ODS, 6.52 KB)

RAS51111: Self-reported legal high use before driving, as a proportion of all drivers (ODS, 6.38 KB)

RAS51112: Self-reported legal high use before driving, by age and sex of drivers (ODS, 6.52 KB)

Contact us

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Published 6 February 2014
Last updated 23 February 2022 + show all updates

1. 23 February 2022

   Data table for reported drink drive accidents and casualties in Great Britain since 1979 updated with provisional 2020 data.

2. 30 September 2021

   Data tables with breath tests data updated for the annual report 2020.

3. 26 August 2021

   Data tables updated for the final estimates for the year 2019.

4. 11 February 2021

   Data table on reported drink drive accidents and casualties in Great Britain since 1979 (RAS51001) updated for the 2019 provisional report.

5. 30 September 2020

   Data tables updated for the 2019 reported road casualties annual report. 6 new tables added

6. 27 August 2020

   Data tables updated for the final estimates for the year 2018.

7. 12 February 2020

   Data table on reported drink drive accidents and casualties in Great Britain since 1979 (RAS51001) updated for the 2018 provisional report.

8. 26 September 2019

   Other reported drink and drive data tables updated for the year 2018 annual report.

9. 28 August 2019

   Dataset updated for 'Reported Road Casualties in Great Britain, final estimates involving illegal alcohol levels: 2017'.

10. 14 February 2019

    Reported drink drive accidents and casualties in Great Britain since 1979 data table updated for the 2017 provisional statistics drink drive release.

11. 27 September 2018

    Other reported drink and drive data tables updated for the year 2017 annual report.

12. 9 August 2018

    Data tables updated for the final estimates report for the year 2016.

13. 8 February 2018

    Provisional drink drive data tables for the year 2016 updated for release.

14. 28 September 2017

    Tables updated to the latest data for the year 2016.

15. 3 August 2017

    Table for reported drink drive accidents and casualties (estimates) in Great Britain from 1979 updated with final figures for 2015.

16. 2 February 2017

    Table 51001 updated with the latest estimates for 2015.

17. 29 September 2016

    Table 51002 to 004, 008, 010, 014, 015, 017, 018, 020, 021, 101 to 104, updated to 2015 data.

18. 4 August 2016

    Table 51001, 006, 007, 009, 011, 012, 013, 016 and 019 updated.

19. 4 February 2016

    Table 51001 updated with the latest estimates for 2014.

20. 24 September 2015

    Tables 51002 to 004, 010, 017 to 021, 51101 to 51104 updated for the year 2014.

21. 6 August 2015

    Tables 51001 to 51016 updated.

22. 12 February 2015

    Tables 51001, 51101 to 51104 updated for the latest provisional estimates in 2013.

23. 25 September 2014

    Tables 51001 to 51021 updated to the latest data for 2013.

24. 7 August 2014

    Table RAS51001 updated to include data for drink drive accidents for 2012.

25. 6 February 2014

    Self-reported drug driving statistics updated.

26. 6 February 2014

    First published.

27. 1 August 2013

    RAS51 - Reported drinking and driving. Table RAS51001 updated.