The data displays the percentage of drivers killed in road accidents in Great Britain between 1980 and 2014 who had a blood alcohol level over the legal limit. Since 2000 the percentage has ranged between 19 and 26% with 24% of drivers killed in road accidents in 2012 found with an illegally high blood alcohol level.
Over the period of record, there has been a general trend of decline in the percentage of drivers with blood alcohol levels over the legal limit killed in road accidents in Great Britain, with the greatest share of drivers since 1985 being 26% in 2006.
