Convicted Drivers
Drink Driving Statistics, Greater Manchester Police
12 August 2026
2 min readEach year, thousands of motorists in the UK are convicted of alcohol-related driving offences, and around one in six of all deaths on the road involve drivers who are over the legal limit.
Did you know that Greater Manchester has a well-documented drink driving problem? Children as young as 12 having been caught driving over the legal limit in the region, with an average of five young people under the age of 18 caught drink driving each week in the UK by police since 2008.
We’ve put together this document of the drink driving statistics released by the Greater Manchester Police between January 2015 and December 2015 for you to browse.
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