2015 All Wales festive drink and drug driving campaign

A significantly greater proportion of drivers tested positive in the 2015 All Wales festive drink and drug driving campaign than in the previous two years.

The campaign, which ran from 1 December until New Year’s Day, saw police officers across Wales administer breath tests to 22,811 motorists, with 597 testing positive (2.61%).

The corresponding figures for 2014 were 30,718 tests and 488 positive (1.59%), and for 2013 35,255 tests and 465 positive (1.31%).

During the campaign in Wales, 99 drivers were arrested for drug driving offences, while in England more drug drivers were arrested in December 2015 than in the whole of 2014. These results are attributed to new legislation and drug detection devices which have made it easier for police to identify and prosecute drug drivers.