Did you know that the number of roadside breath tests carried out in June is 50% higher than any other month apart from December?
‘The police always focus on June as, statistically, it’s a drink drive hotspot,” Hunter Abbott, the Managing Director of breathalyser firm AlcoSense Laboratories, explained. “With warmer weather, sporting events and barbeques, June is a month when motorists are more likely to unintentionally drink drive the morning after socialising – posing a risk to themselves and other road users.”
In June 2017 – the latest period for which figures are available – the police breathalysed 36,041 drivers in England and Wales.The monthly average for the rest of the year (excluding the Christmas period) was just 23,840.
Around 10% of motorists tested positive and were arrested in June 2017.Drivers in Merseyside were the most likely to be stopped, with 3,010 breathalysed – followed by Hampshire (2,532) and Thames Valley (2,265).A significant number of convictions (17.8%) were ‘morning after’.
Currently, the alcohol ceiling for motorists is as follows:
Level of alcohol | England, Wales and Northern Ireland | Scotland |
Micrograms per 100 millilitres of breath | 35 | 22 |
Milligrammes per 100 millilitres of blood | 80 | 50 |
Milligrammes per 100 millilitres of urine | 107 | 67 |
How many drinks this actually equates to for any given motorist depends on several factors, including weight, age, sex, metabolism, stress levels and the type of alcohol consumed.
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