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Thursday, August 7, 2008

Drink-drive casualty numbers rise


By David Millward, Transport Editor
07/08/2008

The number of people injured as a result of drink-drive accidents has risen for the first time in six years.

Figures released by the Department for Transport showed that there was an 1 per cent increase in motorists and passengers who were hurt after crashes where the driver was over the legal limit last year.

Although there was an 18 per cent fall in the number of road users killed and 11 per cent drop in those seriously injured, there was also a 2 per cent rise in drink drive accidents, which reached 9,620 last year.
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