The public consultation on the Department for Transport's drink drive statistics ran from 24 July 2014 to 4 September 2014. This document summarises the responses received to that consultation and sets out the response and next steps from the Department for Transport. The Department has published annual estimates of drink drive casualties for many years. They are an important tool for year-on-year monitoring of progress on drink driving and assessing the efficacy of drink drive education, legislation and enforcement. Around six months after the end of each year, we publish a set of provisional estimates. These are finalised a year later when more data are available. The provisional estimates are intended as a timely snapshot of drink drive deaths. We have identified some problems with recent provisional estimates - related to a diminishing sample size and systematic bias. This has prompted us to review the methodology and timing for the provisional statistics. The consultation presented three options for changing the methodology and timing for provisional statistics, as well as discussing the implications of retaining them as they are or stopping them entirely. (Author/publisher)
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