Accordingly to Singapore Traffic Polic record, the number of drink driving-related accidents fell from 288 in 2006 to 188 in 2007, a decrease of 100 cases. The number of persons killed in drink driving-related accidents also decreased from 25 to 15. Similarly, the number of persons injured in such accidents decreased from 336 to 263 in 2007. Of these, 7 suffered serious injuries. Appended in Tables below are the number of drink driving accident cases and persons killed/injured for 2007 and 2006 respectively.
The alarming thing is although there is a decrease in drink driving related accidents, but the number of persons caught drink driving increased by 7%. You might think, "So what? It's merely 7% increase!" But wait, do you know that in 2004, the figure is only 2929 and in 2005, it skyrocketed to 3641? It goes to display a consistent upward trend of persons caught drink driving. It means 2 things at least. Firstly, there are likely more checks conducted by the authority. It can also means that more and more people caught drink and drive.
Note what i'm saying here - caught drink driving. There are probably many more who still drink drive and should count themselves lucky that the arm of justice has not reached them as yet.
So, if you want to drink and drive, I urge you to think about your family and friends first. In most cases, the passengers have a lower chances of survival. If you want to drink, don't drive.
Table 1: Number of drink-driving accidents | ||
| 2006 | 2007 | |
| Fatal Accident | 24 | 14 |
| Serious Accident | 8 | 6 |
| Slight Accident | 256 | 168 |
| TOTAL | 288 | 188 |
Table 2: Number of persons killed or injured in drink-driving related accidents | ||
| 2006 | 2007 | |
| Killed | 25 | 15 |
| Seriously Injured | 10 | 7 |
| Slightly Injured | 326 | 256 |
| TOTAL | 361 | 278 |
For 2007, more persons were arrested for drink driving, from 3,733 persons in 2006 to 4,009 in 2007. Table 3 shows the number of persons arrested.
Table 3: Number of persons arrested for drink-driving | ||
| 2006 | 2007 | |
| Non-accident | 3,152 | 3,447 |
| Accident (includes Non-injury cases) | 581 | 562 |
| TOTAL | 3,733 | 4,009 |
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