Drug driving court cases have risen from just under 1,500 in 2015 to 13,700 in 2020, such is the growing scale of the problem. And records suggest that more than two in five are repeat offenders.
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Click the thumbs up >The Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety (PACTS) is calling for drink driving laws to be overhauled, including a reduction in the legal limit.
A new report – Drink Driving, Taking Stock, Moving Forward – published by the road safety group, shows the scale of the problem, with drink driving one of the biggest causes of road deaths (13%). In the past decade, 240 people have been killed each year where a driver was over the limit.
Furthermore, almost one in five (17%) drink drive offences is committed by a reoffender, while levels of police enforcement have decreased by 63% since 2009.
David Davies, Executive Director of PACTS, said: “After 10 years of declining levels of enforcement and social media campaigns aimed at young men, it is time for a new, more comprehensive approach to reducing the toll of drink drive deaths and injuries.”