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Drivers in late 20s and 30s more likely to be caught drink driving than teenagers

Following a Freedom of Information Request (FOI) to the DVLA, Motoring.co.uk has reported that 30-year-old men clocked up 95% more drink drive offences compared to 18-year-old drivers in the past five years – 8,258 convictons compared to 258.

The analysis also found that 30-year-old women are 19 times more likely to be caught drink-driving than 18-year-old women.

However, it’s 27-year-old men and 26-year-old women who committed the most offences at 8,886 and 1,620, respectively.

And 80-year-olds re nearly twice as likely to be caught drink-driving compared to 17-year-olds with 511 convictions

The FOI is based on responses from the DVLA on drink-driving offences from 2011 to January 2016 and finds that men are 78% more likely to offend when it comes to drink-driving offences with a total of 224,376 offences compared to 48,694 female offences.

Terry Hogan, co-founder of Motoring.co.uk, said: “Although a large proportion of our users are against plans for a reduced drink-drive limit, the fact is that the UK has some of the safest roads in the world thanks to how seriously we deal with lawbreakers.

“That being said, the figures from our FOI show that drink-driving has in fact decreased since 2011 with 59,863 recorded offences versus 49,433 in 2015 – a reduction of 17 per cent. This begs the question whether reducing the limit is really necessary, or whether the nation is naturally wising up to the dangers of drink-driving.”

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Natalie Middleton

Natalie has worked as a fleet journalist for over 20 years, previously as assistant editor on the former Company Car magazine before joining Fleet World in 2006. Prior to this, she worked on a range of B2B titles, including Insurance Age and Insurance Day.