The Morning After

• If you've been out drinking you may still be affected by alcohol the next day. You may feel OK, but you may still be unfit to drive or over the legal alcohol limit. 
• You could still lose your licence if you drive the next day when you're still over the legal alcohol level. 
• It's impossible to get rid of alcohol any faster. A shower, a cup of coffee or other ways of 'sobering up' will not help. It just takes time  

The Crashes

• On average 3,000 people are killed or seriously injured each year in drink drive collisions. 
• Nearly one in six of all deaths on the road involve drivers who are over the legal alcohol limit. 
• Drinking and driving occurs across a wide range of age groups but particularly among young men aged 17-29 in both casualties and positive breath tests following a collision. The Government's most recent drink drive campaigns aims to target this group. 
• When the Government first published statistics in 1979, 1,640 people were killed in drink-related crashes. 
• The latest provisional figures, from 2003, show that some 560 people were killed in crashes in which a driver was over the legal limit. 
• Some 20,000 lives are estimated to have been saved in the last 13 years thanks to central government drink drive campaigns.   

3,000 people are killed or seriously injured on our roads each year in drink drive related crashes and nearly one in six of all deaths on the road involve drivers who are over the legal limit. If you plan to drink, don't risk driving:

• Book a taxi 
• Use public transport 
• Stay overnight 
• Arrange for someone who is not drinking to drive 
• Don't be tempted to get into a car with anyone else who has been drinking