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Road Safety

Answer

Information from the Court Proceedings Database held by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform showing the number of people convicted for (a) drunkenness, (b) driving after consuming alcohol and (c) causing death by careless driving when under the influence of drink or drugs in each year since 1997 broken down by Government office region and London court area, are provided in the tables.Data broken down by London court area (or local criminal justice area) are provided as a London borough breakdown is not available. Note that the correct offence description for (c) is causing death by careless driving when under the influence of drink or drugs, and data for this offence are provided in table C.

Table A: Number of persons found guilty at all courts for drunkenness offences¹, by region and London court area, England 1997-2005², ³
	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Regions
North East	3,715	4,198	4,178	4,443	4,111	4,128	4,641	4,531	4,843
North West	6,208	6,399	5,736	5,559	5,374	5,511	5,323	3,236	1,862
Yorkshire and Humberside	2,962	2,941	3,098	2,945	2,539	2,442	2,892	1,791	1,388
East Midlands	1,230	1,414	1,295	1,169	1,166	1,248	1,311	1,024	500
West Midlands	2,060	1,945	1,535	1,313	1,208	1,170	1,152	1,260	1,103
East of England	1,770	1,885	1,954	1,847	1,809	1,803	1,727	1,380	1,056
London	1,617	1,715	1,581	1,263	1,556	2,331	2,351	1,217	971
South East	4,054	4,670	4,334	3,988	3,882	3,910	4,147	3,209	1,844
South West	2,191	2,407	2,187	2,130	2,247	2,399	2,348	1,576	1,021
England	25,807	27,574	25,898	24,657	23,892	24,942	25,892	19,224	14,588
London court areas
City of London
Guildhall Justice Rooms	14	21	30	30	28	40	49	47	43
Total City of London	14	21	30	30	28	40	49	47	43
Metropolitan police
Inner London court areas
Bow Street	113	133	148	107	307	852	583	186	76
Camberwell Green/Tower Bridge	35	58	42	47	27	49	74	34	58
Greenwich and Woolwich	45	48	52	40	43	145	114	58	47
Highbury Corner	92	90	116	48	24	42	123	74	50
Horseferry Road	124	147	145	114	223	300	269	190	219
Marylebone	36	29	64	4	2	3	2	2	1
South Western	35	31	35	23	22	26	31	19	16
Thames	26	15	31	39	26	41	43	23	27
West London	281	213	144	173	105	173	170	95	94
Inner London Juvenile Courts	—	1	—	1	—	—	—	—	—
Other London court areas
Barking and Dagenham	11	8	11	12	13	19	32	9	9
Barnet	17	13	9	22	22	32	36	16	12
Bexley	20	17	24	20	13	27	82	36	6
Brent	88	125	71	54	21	33	47	26	35
Bromley	24	11	16	40	73	83	80	22	15
Croydon	39	71	37	51	103	89	37	33	14
Ealing	42	55	47	32	30	76	42	40	19
Enfield	11	14	7	8	19	7	11	9	11
Haringey	11	32	17	19	19	26	41	24	11
Harrow	15	17	18	11	20	21	21	16	9
Havering	12	24	27	19	65	88	66	37	9
Hillingdon	25	95	34	54	74	86	75	35	37
Hounslow	46	73	76	65	41	46	41	34	32
Kingston-upon-Thames	95	57	35	13	28	23	30	18	17
Merton	162	52	98	49	49	38	68	40	10
Newham	13	40	46	29	31	27	29	22	48
Redbridge	22	18	14	16	9	33	25	10	8
Richmond upon Thames	20	83	73	38	47	36	30	18	15
Sutton	65	43	32	61	63	65	90	35	15
Waltham Forest	12	19	13	7	2	5	10	8	8
Total Metropolitan police	1,537	1,632	1,482	1,216	1,521	2,291	2,302	1,169	928
Total London	1,551	1,653	1,512	1,246	1,549	2,331	2,351	1,216	971
¹ Includes offences of drunkenness and drunkenness with aggravation.
² These data are provided on the principal offence basis.
³ Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by police forces and courts. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.

Table B: Number of persons found guilty at all courts for offences of driving etc. after consuming alcohol or taking drugs¹, by region and London court area, England 1997-2005²,³
	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Regions
North East	3,985	3,740	3,821	3,976	3,913	4,032	4,177	4,352	4,123
North West	12,051	11,244	10,720	10,455	10,137	10,923	11,327	11,769	11,302
Yorkshire and Humberside	7,755	7,228	7,083	7,010	6,757	7,157	7,555	7,849	7,987
East Midlands	6,660	6,061	6,047	5,571	5,141	5,005	6,138	6,598	6,183
West Midlands	9,871	8,939	8,030	7,858	7,974	8,276	8,566	8,875	8,904
East of England	8,043	7,646	7,343	6,729	7,201	7,800	8,176	8,537	8,123
London	15,205	12,937	11,525	10,959	10,521	12,066	11,613	11,815	11,539
South East	12,661	12,462	12,594	12,094	12,262	13,726	13,039	13,088	12,405
South West	7,563	7,321	7,250	6,819	6,948	7,206	7,697	7,650	7,426
England	83,794	77,578	74,413	71,471	70,854	76,191	78,288	80,533	77,992
London court areas
City of London
Guildhall Justice Rooms	411	281	225	156	147	208	207	148	165
Total City of London	411	281	225	156	147	208	207	145	163
Metropolitan police
Inner London court areas
Bow Street	327	194	111	135	150	209	237	211	180
Camberwell Green/Tower Bridge	1,063	1,092	941	865	819	947	997	1,009	1,038
Greenwich and Woolwich	898	741	631	751	835	826	868	770	758
Highbury Corner	1,287	1,132	632	569	529	574	548	611	595
Horseferry Road	549	439	379	334	348	361	299	310	335
Marylebone	429	373	377	64	14	25	24	35	24
South Western	683	507	422	317	349	421	405	336	315
Thames	417	160	547	573	541	638	592	566	623
West London	384	361	289	517	569	619	590	562	553
Inner London Juvenile Courts	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Other London court areas
Barking and Dagenham	187	236	243	252	253	358	368	299	286
Barnet	457	398	380	359	353	343	329	357	337
Bexley	273	234	241	217	290	325	249	256	225
Brent	569	518	434	449	445	484	516	429	412
Bromley	430	396	324	339	303	344	368	395	390
Croydon	618	507	463	462	427	470	423	434	442
Ealing	654	485	335	538	496	723	544	577	521
Enfield	410	403	406	341	362	339	293	324	301
Haringey	395	382	307	292	367	419	397	471	445
Harrow	287	228	236	238	226	227	245	289	248
Havering	296	230	245	273	226	285	271	337	306
Hillingdon	400	417	403	371	340	430	435	484	490
Hounslow	483	451	375	349	273	345	283	342	379
Kingston-upon-Thames	264	297	266	293	261	263	233	296	285
Merton	348	235	259	266	241	251	263	304	269
Newham	556	426	371	356	347	438	476	490	600
Redbridge	421	343	330	297	307	298	323	358	311
Richmond upon Thames	271	224	235	283	204	312	283	267	218
Sutton	257	232	225	254	242	246	208	253	200
Waltham Forest	366	281	255	281	259	335	339	291	288
Total Metropolitan police	13,983	11,922	10,662	10,635	10,376	11,855	11,406	11,663	11,374
Total London	14,394	12,203	10,887	10,791	10,523	12.063	11,613	11,808	11,537
¹ Includes the following offences under the Road Traffic Act 1968 ss. 4 (1), 4 (2), 5 (1) (a) (b), 6 (4) and 7 (6).
² These data are provided on the principal offence basis.
³ Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by police forces and courts. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.

Table C: Number of persons found guilty at all courts for causing death by careless driving while under the influence of drink or drugs under the Road Traffic Act section 3A, by region and London court area, England 1997-2005¹,²
	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Regions
North East	5	2	2	4	1	2	2	2	2
North West	5	13	6	7	4	10	5	6	7
Yorkshire and Humberside	5	3	5	8	4	6	5	7	10
East Midlands	6	7	6	5	7	4	9	12	10
West Midlands	9	7	6	4	7	5	6	6	8
East of England	3	6	2	1	7	11	7	7	5
London	4	8	3	5	4	3	4	8	6
South East	11	10	8	8	8	14	9	7	11
South West	8	4	6	8	6	7	7	6	5
England	56	60	44	50	48	62	54	61	64
London court areas
City of London
Guildhall Rooms	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total City of London	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Metropolitan police
Inner London court areas
Bow Street	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Camberwell Green/Tower Bridge	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—
Greenwich and Woolwich	—	—	1	—	—	1	—	—	—
Highbury Corner	2	1	—	1	—	—	—	1	—
Horseferry Road	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1
Marylebone	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
South Western	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Thames	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—
West London	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—
Inner London Juvenile Courts	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Other London court areas
Barking and Dagenham	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Barnet	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Bexley	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—
Brent	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Bromley	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—
Croydon	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Ealing	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—
Enfield	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Haringey	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—
Harrow	—	1	—	—	1	—	—	—	—
Havering	—	1	—	1	—	1	—	1	1
Hillingdon	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1
Hounslow	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Kingston-upon-Thames	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Merton	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Newham	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Redbridge	—	—	—	1	2	—	—	—	—
Richmond upon Thames	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Sutton	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Waltham Forest	—	1	—	—	—	—	1	—	—
Total Metropolitan police	4	7	1	4	3	2	4	7	6
Total London	4	7	1	4	3	2	4	7	6
¹ These data are provided on the principal offence basis.
² Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by police forces and courts. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

116218; 455 c2020-6W;455 c2022-8W

Session

2006-07

Subjects

Driving under influence

Link

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