Provisional estimates for 2012 in the Reported Road Casualties in Great Britain (RRCGB) Annual Report: 2012 suggest that 280 people were killed in drink drive accidents, an increase of around 17% compared with 2011 and accounting for 16% of all road deaths in Great Britain.

However, the key findings from the RRCGB 2012 report show that there were falls in many other areas:

• In 2012, there were a total of 195,723 casualties of all severities in road accidents reported to the police, 4% lower than in 2011.
• There were 1,754 people killed, an 8% decrease from 2011 and 23,039 were seriously injured, down 0.4%. Vehicle traffic levels remained broadly stable for the second year running, though there was a small fall of 0.4% between 2011 and 2012.
• The number of fatalities fell for all road user types except pedal cyclists (up from 107 in 2011 to 118 in 2012) and bus and coach occupants. Pedestrian fatalities fell by 7%, motorcycle fatalities fell by 9%, car occupant fatalities fell by 9%, and goods vehicle occupant fatalities remained the same as in 2011.
• The report’s best current estimate derived from NTS data is that the total of number of road casualties in Great Britain annually, including those not reported to the police, is within the range 630 thousand to 790 thousand with a central estimate of 710 thousand. This is based on data for the five year period from 2008 to 2012
• The total value of prevention of reported road accidents in 2012 was estimated to be £15.1bn – this includes an estimate of the cost of damage only accidents but does not allow for unreported injury accidents. This represents a decrease of £0.5bn compared with the same estimate made in 2011.