Statistics

  • Driving whilst under the influence of alcohol contributes annually to at least 10,000 deaths on EU roads.

  • In the EU as a whole, around 2-3% of journeys are associated with illegal Blood Alcohol limit (BAC), resulting in 30-40% of driver deaths. (ESCAPE2003, ETSC2003)

  • There are an average of 17,000 road traffic accidents per year (1 in 3 of all traffic fatalities) attributed to alcohol.

  • Of the 17,000 accidents, gender plays a large role with 15,000 attributed to men and 2,000 attributed to women.

  • Traffic fatality rates are significantly worse in southern Europe than the rest of the EU.



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