It has been revealed that road deaths involving drink driving are at their highest level in over a decade, according to the latest figures from the Department for Transport
The report shows that between 290 and 320 people were killed in collisions in Great Britain where at least one driver was over the drink-drive limit, with a central estimate of 300 deaths.
Rod Dennis, RAC Road Safety Spokesperson said: “While the number of people killed by drink-drivers is still thankfully far lower now compared to the final decades of the 20th century, the fact we’re back to similar rate of fatalities caused by people drinking and driving as we were in the late 1980s is abhorrent.
“It’s abundantly clear that a hard core of people, especially men, continue to put the lives of all road users at risk by choosing to get behind the wheel after consuming too much alcohol.
“This is the case across the UK, including in Scotland, which has had a lower blood alcohol limit than in England and Wales since 2014.”
