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TABLE A4-8: PERCENTAGE OF FATALLY INJURED DRIVERS TESTED AND FOUND TO HAVE BEEN DRINKING (BAC > 0 MG%) AND THE NUMBER OF PERSONS CHARGED WITH IMPAIRED DRIVING OFFENCES, 1987 - 2002
| Year |
1-80 mg% |
81-150 mg% |
>150 mg% |
BAC >0 mg% |
Persons Charged with Impaired Driving Offences |
Index of Persons Charged with Impaired Driving Offences |
| 1987 |
10.0 |
11.1 |
32.0 |
53.1 |
128,000 |
100.0 |
| 1988 |
10.4 |
10.2 |
30.0 |
50.6 |
120,785 |
94.4 |
| 1989 |
7.6 |
11.0 |
27.8 |
46.4 |
118,433 |
92.5 |
| 1990 |
8.8 |
9.1 |
27.5 |
45.4 |
111,798 |
87.3 |
| 1991 |
7.8 |
10.3 |
30.0 |
48.1 |
111,577 |
87.2 |
| 1992 |
7.9 |
10.4 |
29.7 |
48.0 |
105,576 |
82.5 |
| 1993 |
6.9 |
9.7 |
28.1 |
44.7 |
92,288 |
72.1 |
| 1994 |
7.9 |
8.9 |
27.0 |
43.8 |
88,386 |
69.1 |
| 1995 |
8.0 |
8.8 |
26.6 |
43.4 |
83,902 |
65.5 |
| 1996 |
6.8 |
9.3 |
25.6 |
41.7 |
79,183 |
61.9 |
| 1997 |
7.3 |
8.3 |
23.5 |
39.1 |
72,187 |
56.4 |
| 1998 |
6.3 |
9.5 |
23.3 |
39.1 |
72,414 |
56.6 |
| 1999 |
6.0 |
7.3 |
19.8 |
33.1 |
72,920 |
57.0 |
| 2000 |
6.3 |
8.2 |
21.1 |
35.6 |
68,525 |
53.5 |
| 2001 |
5.8 |
8.9 |
23.2 |
37.9 |
68,986 |
53.9 |
| 2002 |
6.1 |
9.3 |
20.0 |
35.4 |
66,682 |
52.1 |
Notes:
- BAC: Blood Alcohol Concentration.
- mg%: Weight of alcohol in the bloodstream stated as milligrams in 100 millilitres of blood.
- BAC categories are reported as 81-160 mg% and >160 mg% for 2001 and 2002.
- 2003 data were not available at the time of publication.
Source: BAC: The Traffic Injury Research Foundation, Ottawa, Ontario. Impaired driving charges: The Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Statistics Canada.
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