Reported road casualties in Great Britain, estimates involving illegal alcohol levels: 2014

This bulletin shows that the number of drink drive deaths in 2014 was the same as in 2013.

The second set of provisional estimates for 2014 show between 210 and 270 people were killed in accidents in Great Britain where at least one driver was over the drink drive limit, with a central estimate of 240 deaths. This is unchanged from 2013.

The number of seriously injured casualties in drink drive accidents decreased by 2% from 1,100 in 2013 to 1,080, while the total number of casualties of all types in drink drive accidents is 8,220, down 1% on the 2013 figure. If these figures are confirmed in the final estimates published later this year, they will become the lowest numbers on record.

The total number of drink drive accidents of all severities fell by 1% to 5,620.