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Reported road casualties in Great Britain, provisional estimates involving illegal alcohol levels: 2017
Provisional estimates on personal injury drink drive accidents in Great Britain for 2017.
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Provisional estimates of casualties in accidents involving at least one driver or rider over the drink-drive limit in Great Britain for 2017, show that:
- between 240 and 330 people were killed in drink-drive accidents, with a central estimate of 290 fatalities
- an estimated 8,660 people were killed or injured in drink-drive accidents
- the total number of drink-drive accidents fell by 6% to 5,730
Background information on how drink-drive estimates are calculated can be found in the methodology note.
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Published 14 February 2019