AN INTERACTIVE tool showing where Britain’s most DANGEROUS drivers lurk has revealed the hotpot sparking hundred of crashes.
More than 5,700 crime reports of dangerous driving were logged by cops between 2022 to June 2024.
New data from the Home Office includes 830 offences that caused a death or serious injury.
Since 2022, the number of crimes causing death or serious injury has increased by 12 per cent.
This has revealed Bradford to be ‘the dangerous driving capital’ of England and Wales with 1,039 driving offences.
Of those incidents, 39 resulted in a death or serious injury.
Nipping on its heels is the West Yorkshire borough of Calderdale which recorded 302 offences.
Bradford’s neighbour, Leeds, ranked third on the list.
Dangerous driving is used to describe a motorist’s actions falling “far below the minimum standard expected of a competent and careful driver”.
This means that they could not only be putting themselves at risk but also others.
From speeding to driving aggressively, those behind the wheel could be carrying out any number of risky behaviour.
These include overtaking dangerously, ignoring traffic lights, driving under the influence or when unfit to do so.
POTENTIAL LIMIT LASH
This comes amid reports that the drink-drive limit could be reduced for the first time in 60 years, with newly qualified drivers facing even harsher punishments.
New rules could see motorists judged as being over the drink-driving limit after just one pint, if the government takes on board police chiefs’ calls for changes to the law.
A report by the Daily Mail claims that the National Police Chiefs’ Council, the British Medical Association, and the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners want to cut the current alcohol limits for motorists.
The current limit, which was set in 1967, stands at 80 milligrams per 100ml of blood—roughly the equivalent of two pints of lager.
However, campaigners are now calling for the limit to be lowered, claiming that the number of drink-driving deaths has risen to 18 per cent of all road fatalities, according to new figures.
As a result, campaigners want to reduce the limit in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland to 50mg per 100ml of blood—roughly one pint of medium-strength beer.
This would match the rules currently in place in Scotland, which already has tougher drink-drive limits of 50mg per 100ml of blood and 22mcg per 100ml of breath.
Jo Shiner, the Chief Constable of Sussex Police and the National Police Chiefs’ Council’s roads policing lead, said: “In policing, we see the damaging impact of drink and drug driving all too often, and every fatality or serious injury that happens as a consequence of this is completely avoidable.
Top ten most dangerous areas
- Bradford
- Calderdale
- Leeds
- Bolton
- Rochdale
- Wakefield
- Tameside
- Salford
- Kirklees
- Manchester
“Driving under the influence of drink or drugs will not be tolerated, and we support the BMA’s call for lowering the legal blood alcohol limit.
“In addition to our current powers, we will also continue to make the case for more effective legislation that enables faster interim disqualifications for those who fail roadside tests.”
Joy Allen and David Sidwick, the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners’ addictions and substance misuse leads, added: “Too many families have been devastated by the consequences of drink-driving, with around 300 people dying each year in collisions where a driver is over the limit.
“Even minimal alcohol consumption can significantly impair a driver’s judgement and their ability to react quickly.
“If we are to save lives and make our roads safer for everyone, we must convey the message that any amount of alcohol before driving is dangerous.”
Moreover, lobbyists from anti-alcohol pressure groups and the BMA, the doctors’ trade union, have joined the calls to lower the drink-driving limit.
The BMA also urged harsher limits on drivers who are within two years of passing their test, suggesting they be limited to a 20mg/100ml limit.
This would effectively prevent them from drinking at all before driving.
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