Accidents involving intoxicated pedestrians

The Road Traffic Collision Statistics annual report provides a statistical summary of injury road traffic collisions reported to the Police Service for Northern Ireland (PSNI).

Figures for 2006 show that there was one casualty due to alcohol every 15 hours.¹
The Road Traffic Collision Statistics annual report is available to download from the PSNI website at www.psni.police.uk.

Copies of the report and further information on road traffic collision statistics are available from;
Central Statistics Unit
PSNI Lisnasharragh
42 Montgomery Road
Belfast
BT6 (LD
Tel 028 9065 0222
Email: statistics@psni.police.uk

The table below gives an overview of the number of intoxicated pedestrians who were involved in accidents from 1997 to 2006.

Injury collisions involving pedestrians intoxicated with alcohol or drugs, 1997-2006

Year	Total collisions	Killed	Seriously injured	Slightly injured	Total
2006	77	6	22	55	83
2005	56	8	17	41	66
2004	57	7	20	39	66
2003	58	7	29	35	71
2002	94	9	32	68	109
2001	87	13	28	60	101
2000	93	8	24	71	103
1999	117	10	34	88	132
1998	121	8	44	88	140
1997	141	20	46	103	169
Source: PSNI

The following tables present figures for accidents and casualties from accidents involving intoxicated pedestrians from each DCU for each of the last four years.

Injury RTCs caused by alcohol or drugs involving pedestrians, 2006

	2006
DCU	Fatal collisions	Serious collisions	Slight collisions	Total collisions	Fatal casualties	Serious casualties	Slight casualties	Total casualties
Antrim	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ards	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	2
Armagh	0	3	0	3	0	3	0	3
Ballymena	0	0	2	2	0	0	2	2
Ballymoney	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Banbridge	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Belfast East	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Belfast North	2	3	4	9	2	3	4	9
Belfast South	0	2	11	13	0	2	11	13
Belfast West	1	2	3	6	1	2	3	6
Carrickfergus	0	0	2	2	0	0	3	3
Castlereagh	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1
Coleraine	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cookstown	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Craigavon	1	1	2	4	1	2	2	5
Down	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dungannon and South Tyrone	1	0	3	4	1	0	3	4
Fermanagh	0	1	1	2	0	1	1	2
Foyle	0	0	2	2	0	0	3	3
Larne	0	0	2	2	0	0	2	2
Limavady	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lisburn	0	1	5	6	0	1	6	7
Magherafelt	0	2	1	3	0	2	1	3
Moyle	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Newry and Mourne	1	1	2	4	1	1	2	4
Newtownabbey	0	0	3	3	0	0	4	4
North Down	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1
Omagh	0	2	0	2	0	2	1	3
Strabane	0	0	4	4	0	0	4	4
Total	6	21	50	77	6	22	55	83
Source: PSNI

Injury RTCs caused by alcohol or drugs involving pedestrians, 2005

	2005
DCU	Fatal collisions	Serious collisions	Slight collisions	Total collisions	Fatal casualties	Serious casualties	Slight casualties	Total casualties
Antrim	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1
Ards	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1
Armagh	1	0	1	2	1	0	2	3
Ballymena	1	0	2	3	1	0	2	3
Ballymoney	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Banbridge	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Belfast East	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1
Belfast North	1	1	2	4	1	1	2	4
Belfast South	0	1	2	3	0	1	3	4
Belfast West	2	1	2	5	2	1	7	10
Carrickfergus	0	0	2	2	0	0	3	3
Castlereagh	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1
Coleraine	0	0	2	2	0	0	2	2
Cookstown	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Craigavon	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1
Down	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1
Dungannon and South Tyrone	0	2	2	4	0	2	2	4
Fermanagh	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	2
Foyle	0	1	4	5	0	1	5	6
Larne	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Limavady	1	2	0	3	1	2	0	3
Lisburn	0	3	1	4	0	3	1	4
Magherafelt	1	0	2	3	1	0	2	3
Moyle	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1
Newry and Mourne	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1
Newtownabbey	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1
North Down	0	2	1	3	0	2	1	3
Omagh	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	2
Strabane	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1
Total	8	17	31	56	8	17	41	66
Source: PSNI

Injury RTCs caused by alcohol or drugs involving pedestrians, 2004

	2004
DCU	Fatal collisions	Serious collisions	Slight collisions	Total collisions	Fatal casualties	Serious casualties	Slight casualties	Total casualties
Antrim	1	1	0	2	1	2	0	3
Ards	0	1	1	2	0	1	1	2
Armagh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ballymena	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ballymoney	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Banbridge	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Belfast East	0	0	2	2	0	0	3	3
Belfast North	0	1	3	4	0	1	3	4
Belfast South	0	6	5	11	0	6	6	12
Belfast West	0	1	2	3	0	1	2	3
Carrickfergus	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Castlereagh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Coleraine	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1
Cookstown	0	2	2	4	0	2	3	5
Craigavon	0	0	6	6	0	0	7	7
Down	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dungannon and South Tyrone	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fermanagh	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	2
Foyle	1	4	4	9	1	4	4	9
Larne	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Limavady	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1
Lisburn	2	1	2	5	2	2	4	8
Magherafelt	1	1	1	3	1	1	1	3
Moyle	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Newry and Mourne	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1
Newtownabbey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
North Down	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Omagh	1	0	1	2	1	0	1	2
Strabane	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	7	18	32	57	7	20	39	66
Source: PSNI

Injury RTCs caused by alcohol or drugs involving pedestrians, 2003

	2003
DCU	Fatal collisions	Serious collisions	Slight collisions	Total collisions	Fatal casualties	Serious casualties	Slight casualties	Total casualties
Antrim	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1
Ards	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Armagh	0	2	1	3	0	2	1	3
Ballymena	1	1	0	2	1	1	1	3
Ballymoney	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Banbridge	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1
Belfast East	0	1	1	2	0	1	1	2
Belfast North	0	3	1	4	0	3	1	4
Belfast South	0	1	2	3	0	1	2	3
Belfast West	0	3	2	5	0	3	4	7
Carrickfergus	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1
Castlereagh	0	1	1	2	0	1	1	2
Coleraine	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cookstown	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Craigavon	0	1	2	3	0	1	2	3
Down	1	0	1	2	1	0	1	2
Dungannon and South Tyrone	0	2	0	2	0	4	0	4
Fermanagh	1	2	1	4	1	2	7	10
Foyle	0	1	2	3	0	1	2	3
Larne	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Limavady	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1
Lisburn	1	1	3	5	1	1	3	5
Magherafelt	1	0	3	4	1	0	3	4
Moyle	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Newry and Mourne	1	3	0	4	1	4	1	6
Newtownabbey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
North Down	0	2	4	6	0	2	4	6
Omagh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strabane	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	7	26	25	58	7	29	35	71
Source: PSNI

Reference

PSNI. Personal communication. Belfast: PSNI, 2006.

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