Table 21: Motorists involved in injury road collisions, breath tested and breath test results, by time of day: Years: 2014-18 and 2018-22 averages, 2018 to 2022

Table 21: Motorists involved in injury road collisions, breath tested and breath test results, by time of day: Years: 2014-18 and 2018-22 averages, 2018 to 2022

Year Time of day
00.00 to 02.59 03.00 to 05.59 06.00 to 08.59 09.00 to 11.59 12.00 to 14.59 15.00 to 17.59 18.00 to 20.59 21.00 to 23.59 Total
(a) Numbers
Motorists involved 2014-18 average 348 196 1,598 1,930 2,616 3,505 1,958 812 12,962
2018 264 166 1,288 1,566 2,244 2,958 1,605 660 10,751
2019 274 133 1,157 1,389 2,011 2,618 1,379 620 9,581
2020 131 118 614 829 1,376 1,631 930 426 6,055
2021 149 90 598 951 1,364 1,795 960 416 6,323
2022 189 87 728 1,051 1,380 1,843 992 437 6,707
2018 to 2022 average 201 119 877 1,157 1,675 2,169 1,173 512 7,883
Breath tests requested 2014-18 average 213 115 908 1,088 1,452 1,907 1,122 481 7,286
2018 155 92 726 867 1,235 1,561 893 402 5,931
2019 160 77 617 713 1,039 1,341 694 300 4,941
2020 79 63 320 412 713 816 506 243 3,152
2021 73 44 316 509 663 889 481 213 3,188
2022 108 43 421 617 753 1,023 584 257 3,806
2018 to 2022 average 115 64 480 624 881 1,126 632 283 4,204
Positive/refused 2014-18 average 45 24 15 12 14 29 34 41 214
2011 76 44 26 19 18 36 44 58 321
2012 79 30 16 13 17 30 47 55 287
2013 53 27 17 11 16 20 34 34 212
2014 55 33 16 11 14 27 26 41 223
2015 61 19 18 15 10 25 34 44 226
2016 53 25 19 11 19 40 45 39 251
2017 29 20 13 10 9 27 36 47 191
2018 28 22 11 11 18 26 28 33 177
2019 39 15 14 7 13 22 29 29 168
2020 20 8 9 6 10 24 25 31 133
2021 17 8 16 6 11 18 16 21 113
2022 31 7 8 9 15 22 27 27 146
2018-22 average 27 12 12 8 13 22 25 28 147
(b) Percentages
Breath test requested as % involved 2014-18 average 61.2 58.4 56.8 56.4 55.5 54.4 57.3 59.3 56.2
2018 58.7 55.4 56.4 55.4 55.0 52.8 55.6 60.9 55.2
2019 58.4 57.9 53.3 51.3 51.7 51.2 50.3 48.4 51.6
2020 60.3 53.4 52.1 49.7 51.8 50.0 54.4 57.0 52.1
2021 49.0 48.9 52.8 53.5 48.6 49.5 50.1 51.2 50.4
2022 57.1 49.4 57.8 58.7 54.6 55.5 58.9 58.8 56.7
2018 to 2022 average 57.1 53.7 54.7 53.9 52.6 51.9 53.8 55.3 53.3
Positive/refused as % involved 2014-18 average 13.0 12.1 1.0 0.6 0.5 0.8 1.7 5.0 1.6
2018 10.6 13.3 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.7 5.0 1.6
2019 14.2 11.3 1.2 0.5 0.6 0.8 2.1 4.7 1.8
2020 15.3 6.8 1.5 0.7 0.7 1.5 2.7 7.3 2.2
2021 11.4 8.9 2.7 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.7 5.0 1.8
2022 16.4 8.0 1.1 0.9 1.1 1.2 2.7 6.2 2.2
2018 to 2022 average 13.4 10.1 1.3 0.7 0.8 1.0 2.1 5.5 1.9
Positive/refused as % breath test requested 2014-18 average 21.2 20.8 1.7 1.1 1.0 1.5 3.0 8.5 2.9
2018 18.1 23.9 1.5 1.3 1.5 1.7 3.1 8.2 3.0
2019 24.4 19.5 2.3 1.0 1.3 1.6 4.2 9.7 3.4
2020 25.3 12.7 2.8 1.5 1.4 2.9 4.9 12.8 4.2
2021 23.3 18.2 5.1 1.2 1.7 2.0 3.3 9.9 3.5
2022 28.7 16.3 1.9 1.5 2.0 2.2 4.6 10.5 3.8
2018 to 2022 average 23.5 18.8 2.4 1.3 1.5 2.0 4.0 10.0 3.5

Table 21

Motorists involved in reported injury road collisions with positive or refused breath test

Years: 2011 to 2022

(a) Late afternoon/evening to night time (3pm-3am)

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