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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 – 2005
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Persons Charged with Impaired Driving Offences |
Index of Persons Charged with Impaired Driving Offences |
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180 mg% |
81-160 mg%1 |
>160 mg% |
BAC >0 mg% |
| 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 |
68,654 |
53.6 |
| 2002 |
5.9 |
9.2 |
19.9 |
35.0 |
66,580 |
52.0 |
| 2003 |
6.3 |
10.0 |
22.0 |
38.3 |
65,005 |
50.8 |
| 2004 |
6.7 |
9.5 |
18.4 |
34.6 |
63,054 |
49.3 |
| 2005 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
59,666 |
46.6 |
Notes: N/A = Not Available. BAC: Blood Alcohol Concentration. mg%: Weight
of alcohol in the bloodstream stated as milligrams in 100 millilitres of blood.
2005 Fatally-injured Drivers Tested data were not available at the time of publication.
The decline in charges may be, in part, due to the increased use of roadside
suspensions by police.
- Prior to 2001, BAC categories were reported as 81-150 mg% and >150 mg%.
Source: “The Alcohol Crash Problem in Canada: 2004” available from
Traffic Injury Research Foundation at http://www.tirf.ca/publications/pub_details.cfm?intPubID=221 and “Strategy to Reduce Impaired Driving (STRID) 2010” available from CCMTA
at http://www.ccmta.ca/english/committees/rsrp/strid/strid-reports.cfm.
Impaired driving charges: The Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Statistics
Canada (Adults over 18 years of age).
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