FOI 5890-25 Drink driving offences

Request:

1. How many drink driving arrests were made in the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 to date?
2. How many drug driving arrests were made in the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 to date?
3. How many of the above arrests resulted in a charge or summons?
4. From March 1 2024 to February 28 2025, would you be able to share the breakdown of the age (under 21, 21-30, 31-40, 41-50, 51-60, 61-70, 71 plus) and gender for the drink and drug driving offences?

Response:

Custody searched between January 2022 & 18^th March 2025 for all custody records whereby the reason for arrest was either:

In charge of motor vehicle - alcohol level above limit (recordable);

Drive motor vehicle when alcohol level above limit (recordable);

In charge of vehicle whilst unfit through drink (recordable);

Drive whilst unfit through drink (recordable);

Attempt to drive motor vehicle - alcohol level above limit (recordable);

Attempt to drive vehicle whilst unfit through drugs (recordable);

Attempt to drive a motor vehicle with a proportion of a specified controlled drug above the specified limit (recordable);

Attempt to drive vehicle whilst unfit through drink (recordable);

Drive motor vehicle whilst unfit through drugs (recordable)

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