GovWire

In recent years, the road safety statistics team have been working to develop statistics on drug-driving, currently only for those killed in collisions where toxicology information is available from coroners.

The Department for Transport commissioned the Transport Research Laboratory to explore the feasibility of producing statistics on drivers killed in reported road accidents in Great Britain with different drugs detected, based on coroners data with data up to 2019.

This report summarises this initial work, updated with data to 2021, and the proposed next steps in developing it further.

We welcome feedback to inform further development of statistics in this area. It is anticipated that the next update, adding data for 2022, will be made alongside the drink-drive statistics in July 2023.