UK drink-drive deaths rise to 300 a year in ‘dangerous upward trend’
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Department for Transport data reveals highest number of deaths due to drink-driving since 2009.
By Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent
Deaths due to drinking and driving on UK roads have increased to 300 annually, a 13-year high, according to newly published government data.
There were an estimated 300 deaths where at least one driver was over the legal blood-alcohol limit in 2022, the latest year for which official figures are available, the Department for Transport said. This is the highest annual figure since 2009, a toll motoring organisations described as ‘abhorrent’ and concerning.
The number is 16% higher than in 2021 and means drink-drive fatalities accounted for about 18% of all road deaths, bucking the general long-term trend for safer roads and more responsible driving.
Men are most likely to be responsible for drink-driving crashes, with a male driver in 79% of such collisions, compared with 70% of all reported incidents of this kind.
The road safety charity IAM RoadSmar...
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