FOI Drink / Drug Driving Arrests (120-2024/25)
Request
This is a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. My request relates to your forces’ arrest figures for drivers under the influence of drugs and alcohol
I would like to request the following information:
Q1. The number of drink driving arrests
Q2. The number of drug driving arrests
Please can you provide the numbers broken down year-by-year, featuring monthly data for those years. Up to 30 March 2024, including 2024 data, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020 and 2019.
Q3. If possible, please also indicate which drug was present in the bloodstream for each drug driving arrest
Response
Extent and Result of Searches to Locate Information
To locate the information relevant to your request searches were conducted within North Yorkshire Police. I can confirm that the information you have requested is held by North Yorkshire Police.
Decision
I have today decided to disclose the located information to you.
Q1. Please see the table below which details the number of drink driving arrests recorded by North Yorkshire Police from 01 January 2019 to 30 Match 2024, broken down by month and year.
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2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
|
January |
72 |
62 |
40 |
67 |
57 |
56 |
|
February |
60 |
56 |
35 |
81 |
60 |
59 |
|
March |
69 |
61 |
47 |
71 |
67 |
69 |
|
April |
79 |
31 |
60 |
78 |
74 |
|
|
May |
58 |
68 |
78 |
74 |
83 |
|
|
June |
83 |
58 |
65 |
61 |
61 |
|
|
July |
78 |
85 |
72 |
84 |
75 |
|
|
August |
80 |
81 |
80 |
90 |
61 |
|
|
September |
73 |
73 |
75 |
69 |
74 |
|
|
October |
66 |
73 |
76 |
75 |
61 |
|
|
November |
78 |
52 |
76 |
65 |
62 |
|
|
December |
72 |
69 |
96 |
76 |
84 |
|
|
Total |
868 |
769 |
800 |
891 |
819 |
184 |
Q2. Please see the table below which details the number of drug driving arrests recorded by North Yorkshire Police from 01 January 2019 to 30 Match 2024, broken down by month and year.
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|
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
|
January |
36 |
39 |
49 |
34 |
39 |
48 |
|
February |
39 |
53 |
53 |
48 |
36 |
39 |
|
March |
41 |
44 |
60 |
51 |
46 |
42 |
|
April |
48 |
40 |
40 |
63 |
52 |
|
|
May |
42 |
83 |
50 |
49 |
35 |
|
|
June |
41 |
86 |
32 |
44 |
41 |
|
|
July |
36 |
72 |
30 |
52 |
42 |
|
|
August |
30 |
55 |
48 |
59 |
33 |
|
|
September |
33 |
59 |
27 |
41 |
27 |
|
|
October |
41 |
53 |
44 |
41 |
39 |
|
|
November |
29 |
72 |
26 |
49 |
36 |
|
|
December |
52 |
65 |
33 |
38 |
40 |
|
|
Total |
468 |
721 |
492 |
569 |
466 |
129 |
Q3. Due to the number of results, it is not possible to determine what substance was recorded for each arrest in the time allowed under the act.
I am not obliged to provide you with a response to your request pursuant to Section 12(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act). Please note that when one part of your request falls under Section 12, we are not obliged to review the rest of the questions and the whole request is therefore exempt.
Section 12(1) applies to your request as the cost of complying with your request is above the amount to which we are legally required to respond i.e. the cost of identifying and retrieving any relevant information exceeds the ‘appropriate level’ as stated in the Freedom of Information (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations 2004.
I have however, decided to provide you with the located information as a gesture of goodwill.
Please note that systems used for recording information are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data. It should be noted therefore that this force’s response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other responses you may receive.