❓ Mr. McGrath requests a breakdown of drink driving offences by BAC level and recidivism rates. The Minister provides data on charges/infringements issued in 2007, categorized by BAC level, and the number of repeat offenders arrested in the preceding five years.
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(2) Can the Minister breakdown the information provided for the previous question, to show the number of drivers with a blood alcohol concentration:
(a) greater than 0.05 but less than or equal to 0.08;
(b) greater than 0.08 but less than or equal to 0.15; and
(c) greater than 0.15?
(3) How many of the people referred to in (1) had been previously caught (within the last five years) for drink driving?
(a) greater than 0.05 but less than or equal to 0.08;
(b) greater than 0.08 but less than or equal to 0.15; and
(c) greater than 0.15?
(3) How many of the people referred to in (1) had been previously caught (within the last five years) for drink driving?
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Answered
10 June 2008
Responded by
Minister for Police and Emergency Services
Response time
27 days
(1) There were
22,156
drink driving charges and infringements issued for 2007, based on arrest date or infringement issue date.
Note
: Some court briefs contain multiple charges against an individual. This usually represents an individual being caught drink driving more than once on the same day.
(2) Number of charges and infringements proffered in 2007 for:
(a) Excess 0.05% BAC -
6,353
(includes 3,254 infringements)
(b) Excess 0.08% BAC -
10,333
(c) Excess 0.15% BAC -
3,978
(3) Of the
17,156
unique persons
arrested
in 2007 for drink driving,
5,435
(31.7%) had been arrested for drink driving at least once previously between 2003 and 2007
Note
: Due to differences in recording systems and incompatibility of data, the number of unique persons cannot be compared for both charges and infringements. Of the 22,156 charges and infringements issued in 2007, 85% were charges.
Source
: Briefcase and the Infringement Image Processing System (IIPS)
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22,156
drink driving charges and infringements issued for 2007, based on arrest date or infringement issue date.
Note
: Some court briefs contain multiple charges against an individual. This usually represents an individual being caught drink driving more than once on the same day.
(2) Number of charges and infringements proffered in 2007 for:
(a) Excess 0.05% BAC -
6,353
(includes 3,254 infringements)
(b) Excess 0.08% BAC -
10,333
(c) Excess 0.15% BAC -
3,978
(3) Of the
17,156
unique persons
arrested
in 2007 for drink driving,
5,435
(31.7%) had been arrested for drink driving at least once previously between 2003 and 2007
Note
: Due to differences in recording systems and incompatibility of data, the number of unique persons cannot be compared for both charges and infringements. Of the 22,156 charges and infringements issued in 2007, 85% were charges.
Source
: Briefcase and the Infringement Image Processing System (IIPS)
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