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Written Question · S2W-19966 · Session 2

How many people were convicted of (a) drunkenness, (b) driving after consuming alcohol or taking drugs and (c) causing death by dangerous d…

Answered Asked by Stewart Stevenson SNP Lodged 20 Oct 2005

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people were convicted of (a) drunkenness, (b) driving after consuming alcohol or taking drugs and (c) causing death by dangerous driving when under the influence of drink or drugs in each year since 1995, broken down by police force area.

The answer

Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 10 Nov 2005 · 21 days after it was lodged, on time

The available information is given in the following table. The statistics for 2004-05 are scheduled for publication in March 2006.
Persons with a Charge Proved for Selected Offences1, by Police Force Area, 1995-2003
Police Force Area
| 1995
| 1996
| 1997
| 1998
| 1999
| 2000
| 2001
| 2002
| 20032

Drunkenness
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|

Central
| 59
| 34
| 22
| 12
| 6
| 7
| 2
| 4
| 4

Dumfries and Galloway
| 50
| 46
| 21
|
-
| 3
|
-
|
-
|
-
| 1

Fife
| 40
| 19
| 18
| 8
| 7
| 2
| 5
| 3
| 10

Grampian
| 47
| 40
| 39
| 38
| 22
| 22
| 13
| 8
| 17

Lothian and Borders
| 70
| 33
| 51
| 41
| 20
| 18
| 26
| 28
| 22

Northern
| 289
| 231
| 246
| 224
| 159
| 138
| 104
| 140
| 135

Strathclyde
| 745
| 690
| 514
| 383
| 246
| 227
| 191
| 184
| 203

Tayside
| 13
| 10
| 17
| 19
| 15
| 20
| 30
| 17
| 19

Total
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In the Official Report

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