Car accident statistic news
26/09/2008

Drug-driving is on the increase

According to Department for Transport (DfT) figures, speeding is responsible for a mere 3% of UK car accidents.

The new statistics reveal that deaths on the roads fell last year to the lowest level since 1928, when records were first collected.

Death from dink-driving has also fallen by 18% from 2006. However, there was a slight rise, 3%, in deaths where illegal drugs were involved in the car accident.

Edmund King, president of AA, said, "'Drivers and indeed many police officers indicate to us that drug-driving is a major problem but the severity of the problem is not reflected in the official figures.

'We must question whether the true extent of the drug-driving problem is being picked up."
He added that the AA would welcome a full investigation into the true extent of drug-driving and its effect on car accident figures.