Christmas party season is upon us and thousands of UK drivers are gearing up for a night out celebrating with friends, family and colleagues. But new research reveals it’s the festive season that sees the most drink-driving offences.
Throughout the festive month, 5,136 drivers were caught drink-driving, accounting for almost a tenth (9 per cent) of the total offences recorded, according to new Freedom of Information data obtained by Confused.com.
In West Yorkshire 2,923 people failed or refused a breathalyser test in 2016.
It isn’t just drivers heading home after a night out who have been found guilty of the offence. Further research found that almost a third (32 per cent) of drivers were caught over the legal limit the morning after a night out and more than one in eight (13 per cent) motorists who have driven the morning after, despite being over the legal limit, did so after their company Christmas party.
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