Reported road casualties in Great Britain, final estimates involving illegal alcohol levels: 2019
Final estimates on personal injury drink drive accidents in Great Britain for 2019.
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Final estimates of casualties in accidents involving at least one driver or rider over the drink-drive limit in Great Britain for 2019 show that:
- between 210 and 250 people were killed in drink-drive accidents, with a central estimate of 230 fatalities
- the final estimate of fatalities for 2019 is broadly in line with the last few years and is not statistically significantly different from 2018
- an estimated 7,800 people were killed or injured in drink-drive accidents, a fall of 10% from 2018
- the central estimate of the number of killed or seriously injured (KSI adjusted) drink-drive casualties in 2019 is 2,050, an increase of 8% on 2018
Since 2016, changes in severity reporting systems for a large number of police forces mean that serious injury figures, and to a lesser extent slight injuries, are not comparable with earlier years. Adjustments to account for the change have been included in this publication. More information on the change and the adjustment process is available in the 2019 annual report.
Background information on how drink-drive estimates are calculated can be found in the methodology note.
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