The UK's Worst Drink & Drug Driving Offenders Revealed

тHE UK'S WORST DRINK &DRUG DRIVING OFFENDERS REVEALED BASED ON CONVICTIONS STATISTICS FROM 14 MILLION QUOTES, MONEYSUPERMARKET REVEALS RATE PER 1000 THE UK'S DRINK-DRIVING HOT & 1. HARROGATE 8.2 COLD SPOTS 2. HEREFORD 7.3 3. CARDIFF 7.2 4. BLACKPOOL 6.8 5. TRURO 6.7 6. DUNDEE 7. CARLISLE 6.6 BEST & WORST 6 6.6 OFFENDERS BY 8. SWANSEA 6.6 9. INVERNESS 6.6 10. CLEVELAND 6.4 TOWN 10 1 RATE PER 1000 1. LONDON E 2.6 3 2. LONDON N 2.8 3. BRADFORD 2.9 4. ILFORD 3.0 5. LONDON W 3.2 6. OLDHAM 7. LIVERPOOL 3.5 3.4 8 3 8. BOLTON 3.6 9. LONDON NW 3.6 10. LONDON SE 3.7 5 KEVIN PRATT CAR INSURANCE EXPERT AT MoneySupermarket com SAID: "THERE ARE SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES FOR FLOUTING THE LAW, WITH FINES OF UP TO £5,000, A MINIMUM 12-MONTH DRIVING BAN AND IN SOME CIRCUMSTANCES A POSSIBLE PRISON SENTENCE. DRIVERS MAY ALSO SEE THEIR INSURANCE PREMIUMS ROCKET, AND SOME MAY FIND IT DIFFICULT TO FIND A PROVIDER WHO IS PREPARED TO INSURE THEM IF THEY HAVE A PRIOR DRINK AND DRUGS-DRIVING CONVICTION" SIMON BEST CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF SAID: "CRASHES CAUSED BY DRINKING AND DRIVING ARE TOTALLY AVOIDABLE AND THIS SURVEY SHOWS THERE ARE STILL FAR TOO MANY MALE DRIVERS WILLING TO RISK LIVES AND LIVELIHOODS BY CONSUMING ALCOHOL BEFORE THEY GET BEHIND THE WHEEL" BEST & WORST OFFENDERS BY PROFESSION SCAFFOLDER ROOFER OIL RIG CREW STEEL WORKER CONSTRUCTION BUILDER'S MATE GROUND WORKER LABOURER BRICKLAYER SOLDIER WORKER STUDENT PARAMEDIC POLICE OFFICER ! DISTRICT NURSE DRIVING INSTRUCTOR SCIENTIST CHILD MINDER VETERINARY ASSISTANT TAXI DRIVER MINISTER MEN IN THEIR 20s ARE THE WORST OFFENDERS! THE DATA ALSO SHOWS THAT MALE DRIVERS ARE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE A CONVICTION FOR DRINK OR DRUG-RELATED DRIVING OFFENCES THAN FEMALE DRIVER AND THAT THE AGE GROUP WITH THE HIGHEST PROPORTION OF CLAIMS ARE MEN IN THEIR 20S. PREVIOUS DRINK OR DRUG OFFENCES 16,000 WOMEN MEN FOUND TO HAVE A PREVIOUS 1.1/1000 CONVICTION RATES 8.7/1000 ONVCTION RATE CONVICTION RATE FOR OLDER DRIVERS FOR 20-29 YR OLDS THE O IS CALLING FOR DRINK-DRIVE CAMPAIGNS AND ENFORCEMENT TO BE A TOP PRIORITY AFTER DETAILED FIGURES RELEASED BY THE GOVERNMENT IN SEPTEMBER SHOWED INCREASES IN DRINK RELATED DEATHS AND INJURIES ON BRITAIN'S ROADS. 2010 - 250 DRINK DRIVE DEATHS 2010 - 1,850 TOTAL DEATHS 2011 - 280 DRINK DRIVE DEATHS 2011 - 1,901 TOTAL DEATHS 9,990 REPORTED ROAD CASUALTIES OCCURRED WHEN 9,990 SOMEONE WAS DRIVING WHILST OVER THE LEGAL LIMIT 1,570 PEOPLE WERE KILLED OR SERIOUSLY INJURED IN DRINK-DRIVE ACCIDENTS, AN INCREASE OF 5% 1,570 71% 43% 70% OF PEDESTRIANS AND 71% OF CYCLISTS KILLED AFTER 10PM WERE OVER THE DRINK-DRIVE LIMIT. 58% OF CAR DRIVERS AND 58% 70% 43% OF MOTORCYCLISTS KILLED AFTER 10PM WERE OVER THE LIMIT 17-24 YEAR-OLDS ARE MORE THAN TWICE AS LIKELY TO BE INVOLVED IN A DRINK-DRIVE ACCIDENT AS ANY OTHER AGE GROUP. THEY ARE 20X O 20X O MORE LIKELY TO BE IN A DRINK-DRIVE ACCIDENT THAN SOMEONE OVER 60 OF THE 13,000 DRIVERS FOUND TO BE OVER THE LEGAL LIMIT AFTER A CRASH, 40% WERE MORE THAN TWICE THE LIMIT 40% TWEET US: IAMGROUP - OIAMGROUP MONEYSUPERMARKET - OMONEYSUPERMKT MoneySupermarket com USING THE HASHTAG #DRINKDRIVEMONITOR